Cut and paste pdf files

I have a need to cut and paste from a pdf file into text editor is this possible. I have searched for 3rd party software and have not come up with any thing any help would be appreciated.
thanks

I'd guess that you won't be able to copy and paste text since Ghost Script utilizes PostScript which is essentially an image file. It would be like trying to grab text from a bmp file...it's not text anymore because it's a picture of the text.
For other documents if you have the Acrobat 8 Reader and the tools are greyed out, then it sounds that most likely security was set to not allow copy and paste. The person who distilled the document would have selected that security option when creating the pdf. You can check that in the security settings in Properties.

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HT2506 hi i can't seem to copy and paste pdf files from preview to a microsoft word document. it always comes up with nonsense characters in the word document. how do i fix this? thanks in advance

hi i can't seem to copy and paste pdf files from preview to a microsoft word document. it always comes up with nonsense characters in the word document. how do i fix this? thanks in advance

Hi,
The quickest way to do this (tested with OS 10.8.2, MS Word 2011) is in one line:
tell application "Microsoft Word" to close every document whose name begins with "book"
The reason why your script doesn't work is that you aren't specifying to Word which document you want it to close.
So, changing one line ought to do it:
close document incrementvalue -- instead of "close document"
But... when you close a document, you change the document count. Document 2 becomes document 1, document 3 becomes document 2 etc. So eventually you'd get a message saying "The object you are trying to access doesn't exist".
Because of this, if you want to do it in a repeat loop, you have to work backwards:
tell application "Microsoft Word"
set doc_count to count documents
repeat with x from doc_count to 1 by -1
if name of document x begins with "book" then close document x
end repeat
end tell
Hope this helps.

How to Cut and Paste a file on Mac

Hey guys,
Nice to meet you here. I am a new Mac Book Pro 13" Retina Display user with OS X Yosemite. I just switched to Mac from Windows last week.
So far I have a great experience using Mac. However one thing is troubling me. How do I cut and paste a file? I've tried command+x and command+v but it doesnt work. I can copy and paste though by using command+c and command+v.
Your help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Arief

nice pick...........
I mean that i dont have to cut and paste just data in
that files, but i have to cut and paste whole file
from one location to other.
Yup, if you need to do that physically you walk over to the filing cabinet, get the file out, cut it to pieces, take the pieces to the new location, glue them back together, and put the recreated file in the new filing cabinet.

How To cut and paste a file physically ................

AOA
i have to cut and paste a file physically.
what option may i use for it?
regards

nice pick...........
I mean that i dont have to cut and paste just data in
that files, but i have to cut and paste whole file
from one location to other.
Yup, if you need to do that physically you walk over to the filing cabinet, get the file out, cut it to pieces, take the pieces to the new location, glue them back together, and put the recreated file in the new filing cabinet.

Work-around for lack of cut and paste for files in finder

I am new to Mac and have observed some past but closed discussions about the annoying lack of cut and paste in Finder. I too find it very time-consuming to move a file into the folder where I want it to live - especially from downloads. Using a MacBook Pro 13", my open windows are naturally on top of each other and using drag and drop with a touch-pad for file organisation is very cumbersome. Four finger behaviour on touch pad only helps so far.
The approach I adopt is to use cmd c to copy the files or folders in question. cmd ` to flick between finder windows (usually more than one is open) and cmd v to place the files or folders where I want them after navigating through to the destination folder. Shift cmd N gives me a new folder if required. cmd ` takes me back to source folder (usually downloads) so I can cmd delete the files and keep things tidy. This is lengthy to write down. It is however reasonably quick if your fingers know the keyboard shortcuts.
Is there a more efficient way for me to work around this inhibitory feature of Finder? "Save as" is only good if you know you have a folder in your file structure already created and named and suitable to receive the file you want to file away (usually an attachment to an email).

This is in reply to your last paragraph...
This is the Mac OS default Save As... dialog:
Notice that there is a downward pointing disclosure triangle to the right of the Save As: field. If you click on the disclosure triangle, a full Finder window will be exposed, and this will enable you to place downloaded files wherever you like.
Notice, also, that in the bottom left hand corner of the exposed finder window, you are able to create a new folder (in any location on your system) to which you are able to download files.
This works the same way in any Save As situation, using any app, and the app you are in will remember where you last chose to save a file so that repetitive navigation in these dialog boxes is somewhat reduced.

Formatting issues with a cut and pasted PDF document

Hi,
I am working with a lot of scanned PDF text and online PDF documents. When i paste them into pages 09, I am getting that little Paragraph symbol after each line of text. I think it is basically a line break. This causes problems for me and I wish that there was a fast way of deleting all of thise little breaks at one time somehow instead of manually deleting them, line by line, like i've been doing. PLEASE someone, if you can help with this, you will save me untold hours of tedious labor.
thanks!

Welcome to the Apple forums
Peter's solution is excellent & I've used it for years. But there are a couple of options that automate the process. Here's a thread with an explanation & links.

This is the message that I get when I try to save with cut and paste pdf

Missing File - droppedImage-209.tiff (Slide: 265)
Missing File - droppedImage-186.tiff (Slide: 257)
Missing File - droppedImage-189.tiff (Slide: 258)
Missing File - droppedImage-182.tiff (Slide: 255)
Missing File - droppedImage-198.tiff (Slide: 262)
Missing File - droppedImage-144.tiff (Slide: 253)
Missing File - droppedImage-204.tiff (Slide: 263)
Missing File - droppedImage-206.tiff (Slide: 264)
Missing File - droppedImage-200.tiff (Slide: 267)
Missing File - droppedImage-194.tiff (Slide: 260)
Missing File - droppedImage-192.tiff (Slide: 259)
Missing File - droppedImage-124.tiff (Slide: 251)
Missing File - droppedImage-79.tiff (Slide: 250)
Missing File - droppedImage-184.tiff (Slide: 256)
Missing File - droppedImage-134.tiff (Slide: 252)
Missing File - droppedImage-180.tiff (Slide: 254)
Missing File - droppedImage-196.tiff (Slide: 261)
Couldn’t save image. - droppedImage.tiff (Slides: 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 267)

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In SharePoint Document Library Cut and Paste option not working correctly.

Hi,
I have a SharePoint Document Library which has the following.
Folder1 which contains two files named as a File1 and File2
Folder1 ------------> File1 & File2
Folder2 has no files.
Now i am cut the file "File2" from Folder1 and paste in to Folder2.
Issue is "File2" not permanently remove from "Folder1". It is retaining in "Folder1" It self.
Can anyone tell me. What is the issue in it?
Regards
Poomani Sankaran

Hi Poomani,
According to your description, “File 2” still exists in Folder1 after it is been cut and paste to Folder2.
Can you provide more details about how you perform the operations?
I tried to move the file between folders in a library in the two ways below, both work without issue:
1. “Open with Explorer”: cut and paste the file in the Windows Explorer interface;
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/2629108?wa=wsignin1.0
2. In the “Site Content and Structure”, use the “Move…” feature of a library;
https://support.office.com/en-za/article/Work-with-site-content-and-structure-30fcaad9-02b1-4347-8b03-e1ccc5a4c19f
Feel free to reply if there any progress.
Best regards,
Patrick
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Copy and paste a file please help.

i want to copy and paste a file to a different directory.
if i use the .renameTo() it cut and paste the file.
what is the right method?
killuasoft

do you have an example?Yes, several in fact my good man.
You may find them here http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/essential/io/index.html

I need code for copy ,cut and paste

please help me to find acode for copy,cut and paste .
from file to another.

Try playing with this;-
java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard()

I would like to cut and paste information from a word file onto a pdf file, as well as draw lines onto the pdf file. How can I accomplish that task? Is there software I can purchase?

I would like to cut and paste information from a word file onto a pdf file, as well as draw lines onto the pdf file. How can I accomplish that task? Is there software I can purchase?

Hi jgallu7382,
The latter is easily accomplished using the Drawing Markup tools, which are available in both the free Adobe Reader, and in Acrobat. Copying/pasting text into the PDF is something that you could do using the editing tools that are available only in Acrobat. Note, however, that Acrobat isn't intended to be a text-editing application, so editing there won't be as robust as in an application designed specifically for that purpose. (It's also worth mentioning that you won't be able to alter a PDF if it has document permissions applied that would prevent you from doing so.)
I hope that answers your questions.
Best,
Sara

Cutting and pasting tables from PDF files

Hi
We use large pdf files for survey data tables (typically 500-1000 pages). It would be very useful to be able to cut and paste tables into MS-Office applictions, but this is generally not available. However, I have been able to cut and paste from another pdf file.
Right click on the selected tables gives two different menus, even though the software is the same (Adobe reader 9). The file I can cut and paste from has a right-click menu 'Copy with formatting', which works fine - the survey tables don't have the 'Copy with formatting' option.
What causes this difference? Is it possible to get the copy with formatting option?
Apologies if this is really obvious - any help gratefully recieved.
Regards
Georges

"Copy with formatting" is available when working with a Tagged output PDF.
If the survey data tables' PDF is created via a reporting app it is most likely not a Tagged output PDF (and likely, not able to be processed out as a Tagged PDF).
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How do I cut and paste from a converted PDF document into other docs?

How di I cut and paste from a converted PDF file to another document?

Hi,
You can open your PDF in Adobe Reader then copy the text/graphics and paste them to other documents.
Hisami

Urgent help needed - new to Macs, accidently cut and paste over top of photo folder and now no sign of folder or file, no auto back-up in place, how can I restore photos pls

Urgent help needed - new to Macs, accidently cut and paste over top of photo folder and now no sign of folder or file, no auto back-up in place, how can I restore photos pls

Thanks for prompt reply, yes we have tried that but have now closed down the browser we where the photos were.
We haven't sent up time machine, do you know whether there is any roll-back function on a Mac?
Thanks

I just cut and pasted photos from the phone into my HP and now I can't open the files in the computer.

I just cut and pasted photos from my Iphone into my HP.
NOw when I go and try to open the files from the computer it's giving me an error:
INVALID IMAGE
The file format is not supported or is invalid
WHat's confusing is that all files copy into my computer are already JPG. I have not changed anything, simply cut photos from my phone and copy them in my computer.
I need help !!! I have a lot of my baby photos and videos that I really want to recover.
PLEASE !
thank you

Try using a photo import utility or application for this instead of doing it the archaic manual way. Even Windoze includes a scanner and camera wizard that can be used for this.

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