Enable copy-paste from Word to PDF

Hi,
I was working in PDF, copy-pasting words from Microsoft Word that needed altering, when suddenly this function was disabled. I can still paste text from Word into a new text field in PDF, but not in a Sticky Note or in Text Editing. Also, I can't copy-paste anything from the PDF into Word anymore. However, I can still copy-paste things from PDF into PDF (same file, and from other files). Does anyone know what's going on? How can I enable the copy-paste function again?
Thank you.
J

Hi Deepak,
The problem was in Word not Adobe. After closing Word and opening again, I could copy-paste again.
Thanks.
J

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