Extracting from a pdf with preview

A few months ago, i have extracted details of an pdf-document with the following workflow: selecting an area with the mouse, apple-c (for copy), apple-n (new document of the between file). Then preview opend a new pdf-document with the selected details.
Now, a few months later, preview opens with the whole content of the page, where the selection happens.
Can anyone help?
Achim

The best way to extract part of a pdf document is to use the built-in capture function (command-shift-4) and select the area you want with the mouse. Your selection will be saved to the desktop as a png file which will open with preview.

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