Why does the "copy with formatting" not work when I paste the text?

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February 6, 2021
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I have the Acrobat Reader Pro Version and I can't copy and paste text keeping the formatting. The font and everything else changes. I do click on "copy with formatting" but it doesn't work when I paste it. This is really annoying. Does anyone know what I'm doing wrong?

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Ok, thanks. There are many different ways to edit in Acrobat Pro. Please describe what tools you are using, and how you use them. It may take a few back-and-forths to focus on where it goes wrong, and find if there is a solution.

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I noticed this post and I am a different user than above. I have Adobe Acrobat X Pro (2011). I was wondering if I can edit a pdf text to make it bold. I can't find anything in this version to allow me to change the font or make a font bold. Can I do this with this version of X Pro?

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The thing about PDF which isn't obvious is that bold isn't a style, it's a different font. For example if the text is in Arial you could change it to Arial Bold. If you don't have a bold font (and this is two separate fonts) you can't do it that way.