I have just bought a new camera and the instructions are printed (on screen)
in Adobe Reader; there are 104 pages.
I wish to copy the pages I need in to a word document and then modify and
print what I want.
Is there any way I can use Word 2007 to do this?
I remember reading that Word has an OCR capability but do not know if this
would work from the Adobe Reader screen.
Thank you.

Did you try simply highlighlighting the text you want, copy and paste it
into Word?

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JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Stewart" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:hu5r6d$nad$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have just bought a new camera and the instructions are printed (on
>screen) in Adobe Reader; there are 104 pages.
> I wish to copy the pages I need in to a word document and then modify and
> print what I want.
> Is there any way I can use Word 2007 to do this?
> I remember reading that Word has an OCR capability but do not know if this
> would work from the Adobe Reader screen.
> Thank you.

If you use the AR (Adobe Reader) print as a booklet. It prints two pages on each side of a single sheet of A4/Letter paper to create a booklet. That's 104/4 = 26 pages. So why not save the time and print a booklet from AR?

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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP
"Stewart" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:hu5r6d$nad$(E-Mail Removed)...
I have just bought a new camera and the instructions are printed (on screen)
in Adobe Reader; there are 104 pages.
I wish to copy the pages I need in to a word document and then modify and
print what I want.
Is there any way I can use Word 2007 to do this?
I remember reading that Word has an OCR capability but do not know if this
would work from the Adobe Reader screen.
Thank you.

If that particular file allows it (which depends on how the instruction file
was created), you can click the Tools menu in Adobe Reader, click Select &
Zoom, and click Select Tool. The mouse cursor should become an I-beam when
positioned over the text area, and you can drag it across & down to select
text and pictures. Press Ctrl+C to copy the selection, switch to a Word
document, and paste.

OCR probably won't be necessary, because the copied text should paste as
editable text. The formatting may be different, though.

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Stewart wrote:
> I have just bought a new camera and the instructions are printed (on
> screen) in Adobe Reader; there are 104 pages.
> I wish to copy the pages I need in to a word document and then modify
> and print what I want.
> Is there any way I can use Word 2007 to do this?
> I remember reading that Word has an OCR capability but do not know if
> this would work from the Adobe Reader screen.
> Thank you.

To add to what the others have said, although you can certainly print the
entire manual as a booklet or copy selected text to a Word document, have
you considered just printing specific pages of the PDF through Adobe Reader?

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Stewart" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:hu5r6d$nad$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have just bought a new camera and the instructions are printed (on
>screen) in Adobe Reader; there are 104 pages.
> I wish to copy the pages I need in to a word document and then modify and
> print what I want.
> Is there any way I can use Word 2007 to do this?
> I remember reading that Word has an OCR capability but do not know if this
> would work from the Adobe Reader screen.
> Thank you.
>

The Panasonic instruction manual is security protected and will not permit
me to copy however as you have suggested I can print the pages I want.
My idea of using "Word" was to condense the parts that I wanted and have a
small compact note to go in the camera pouch.
Thanks again.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> To add to what the others have said, although you can certainly print the
> entire manual as a booklet or copy selected text to a Word document, have
> you considered just printing specific pages of the PDF through Adobe
> Reader?
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
> http://word.mvps.org
>
> "Stewart" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:hu5r6d$nad$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>I have just bought a new camera and the instructions are printed (on
>>screen) in Adobe Reader; there are 104 pages.
>> I wish to copy the pages I need in to a word document and then modify and
>> print what I want.
>> Is there any way I can use Word 2007 to do this?
>> I remember reading that Word has an OCR capability but do not know if
>> this would work from the Adobe Reader screen.
>> Thank you.
>>
>

In article <8D58DE68-AFA9-4988-8DF9-(E-Mail Removed)>, Stewart
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> The Panasonic instruction manual is security protected and will not
> permit me to copy however as you have suggested I can print the pages I
> want. My idea of using "Word" was to condense the parts that I wanted
> and have a small compact note to go in the camera pouch. Thanks again.

> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
> > To add to what the others have said, although you can certainly print
> > the entire manual as a booklet or copy selected text to a Word
> > document, have you considered just printing specific pages of the PDF
> > through Adobe Reader?
> >
> > --
> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
> > Words into Type
> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
> > http://word.mvps.org
> >
> > "Stewart" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:hu5r6d$nad$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >>I have just bought a new camera and the instructions are printed (on
> >>screen) in Adobe Reader; there are 104 pages. I wish to copy the pages
> >>I need in to a word document and then modify and print what I want.
> >> Is there any way I can use Word 2007 to do this? I remember reading
> >>that Word has an OCR capability but do not know if this would work
> >>from the Adobe Reader screen. Thank you.
> >>
> >
A couple of things to consider...
Something like Serif's PagePlus X4 can import a lot of PDFs and Edit them.

Does your printer dialogue not have various options to print to a scale of
some sort, like multiple pages per sheet etc...?

Dave

--

Dave Triffid

I was going to suggest the same thing; in addition to the booklet printing
that Terry mentioned, it is possible to scale pages down.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

"Dave Symes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> In article <8D58DE68-AFA9-4988-8DF9-(E-Mail Removed)>, Stewart
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>> The Panasonic instruction manual is security protected and will not
>> permit me to copy however as you have suggested I can print the pages I
>> want. My idea of using "Word" was to condense the parts that I wanted
>> and have a small compact note to go in the camera pouch. Thanks again.
>
>> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > To add to what the others have said, although you can certainly print
>> > the entire manual as a booklet or copy selected text to a Word
>> > document, have you considered just printing specific pages of the PDF
>> > through Adobe Reader?
>> >
>> > --
>> > Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> > Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> > Words into Type
>> > Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> > http://word.mvps.org
>> >
>> > "Stewart" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> > news:hu5r6d$nad$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> >>I have just bought a new camera and the instructions are printed (on
>> >>screen) in Adobe Reader; there are 104 pages. I wish to copy the pages
>> >>I need in to a word document and then modify and print what I want.
>> >> Is there any way I can use Word 2007 to do this? I remember reading
>> >>that Word has an OCR capability but do not know if this would work
>> >>from the Adobe Reader screen. Thank you.
>> >>
>> >
> A couple of things to consider...
> Something like Serif's PagePlus X4 can import a lot of PDFs and Edit them.
>
> Does your printer dialogue not have various options to print to a scale of
> some sort, like multiple pages per sheet etc...?
>
> Dave
>
> --
>
> Dave Triffid
>

What about using screenshots, use OCR, and then convert to Word?

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Stewart" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:8D58DE68-AFA9-4988-8DF9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> The Panasonic instruction manual is security protected and will not permit
> me to copy however as you have suggested I can print the pages I want.
> My idea of using "Word" was to condense the parts that I wanted and have a
> small compact note to go in the camera pouch.
> Thanks again.
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:#(E-Mail Removed)...
>> To add to what the others have said, although you can certainly print the
>> entire manual as a booklet or copy selected text to a Word document, have
>> you considered just printing specific pages of the PDF through Adobe
>> Reader?
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>> http://word.mvps.org
>>
>> "Stewart" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:hu5r6d$nad$(E-Mail Removed)...
>>>I have just bought a new camera and the instructions are printed (on
>>>screen) in Adobe Reader; there are 104 pages.
>>> I wish to copy the pages I need in to a word document and then modify
>>> and print what I want.
>>> Is there any way I can use Word 2007 to do this?
>>> I remember reading that Word has an OCR capability but do not know if
>>> this would work from the Adobe Reader screen.
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>

Out of curiosity (and because I enjoy a challenge), what model camera? Let
me see how long it takes me to throw in the towel. ;-)

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]
Tech Editor for "Microsoft Publisher 2007 For Dummies"



"Stewart" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:hu5r6d$nad$(E-Mail Removed)...
>I have just bought a new camera and the instructions are printed (on
>screen) in Adobe Reader; there are 104 pages.
> I wish to copy the pages I need in to a word document and then modify and
> print what I want.
> Is there any way I can use Word 2007 to do this?
> I remember reading that Word has an OCR capability but do not know if this
> would work from the Adobe Reader screen.
> Thank you.