Selecting Specific Text from PDF

[Sriharsha5E25]

Hi

I have a use case where I need to select certain text from PDF which always remains in the same format. Can I use any Adobe tools to automate my task?

Note - The text contains tables, forms which are partially text and partially scanned images

[Bernd Alheit]

Not possible with Acrobat Reader.

[Sriharsha5E25]

Thanks for your reply. However can you please suggest if it can be done by anyother adobe tools ?

[Bernd Alheit]

I don't think so.

[try67]

Selection of text can't be automated. However, it is possible to automatically extract text from a certain are on the page and display it in a prompt window, or the JS Console. This will require quite an advanced, custom-made script to be developed, though.