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Select tool not working properly for text selection

New Here ,
Nov 08, 2022 Nov 08, 2022

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The select tool does not work properly, even though the document properties security settings include no limitations.  

 

This applies to text scanned documents (documents where Adobe has identified text). 

 

The cursor looks like a crosshair and when you try to select text you only get a rectangular shaped box of the content as a picture, not the actual scanned text.

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New Here , Nov 14, 2022 Nov 14, 2022

Thanks for your input! 

 Acrobat>Edit>Preferences>General>UNCHECK "Make hand tool select images before text" did the trick for me!

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Nov 08, 2022 Nov 08, 2022

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Hi @Olof27022209oaku 

 

Hope you're doing well.

 

The cursor looks like a crosshair and when you try to select text you only get a rectangular shaped box of the content as a picture, not the actual scanned text.

 

As mentioned above, the text selection tool looks like a rectangular-shaped box, and this generally happens when you've a scanned document with an image in it, not the actual content. 

Also, navigate to Acrobat>Edit>Preferences>General>check "Make hand tool select images before text"

Try with a different file that has text in it, not just a scanned file. 

 

Thanks,

Akanchha 

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Thanks for your input! 

 Acrobat>Edit>Preferences>General>UNCHECK "Make hand tool select images before text" did the trick for me!

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I have a problem when printing to pdf my document is not copy and pastable.

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