Copy section from a scanned pdf document

How do I copy a section from a scanned pdf document? I can do that in Adobe Reader XI.

A section from a scanned PDF document is an image. As you pointed out, Adobe Reader XI (desktop app) can copy images. But the other Adobe Reader mobile products (Reader for iOS, Android, and Reader Touch for Windows 8) do not support selecting and copying of images in PDF.
Thank you for the feedback. We will consider it as a feature request for a future release.

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Thanks for the reply.
I received the document from my teacher, so I don't know what program she used to scan it.
I tried to print the document directly from my PC which works fine though, so I guess the document is OK.
My HP printer is an old model which doesn't support eprint or air print, so I used the eprint application on iOS to print the document. I tried both color and black/white which gave me the same result: only the center screenshot image is printed out, and the image is enlarged and rotated to fit an A4 paper, the rest of the document is just ignored.
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Thanks for the insight; that explains why it's the wrong size. I selected 300dpi scanning (which is the default, actually), but HP Scan Pro evidently created a PDF with 72dpi indicated. I want it fixed because I want to distribute the file to other people and have them able to print or display it without problems.
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