As far as I know, or can tell, Foxit Reader is great - small and fast, but I don't think it provides text extraction. If you want to clip and paste an IMAGE of the text into a document (or save it as a jpg), you can do so with free MWSnap, which will allow you to draw a rectangle around ANYTHING on your screen and save it as an image file (jpg, png, bmp, etc.) and/or clip it to the Windows clipboard for pasting into a document. AnnaSummers ----- Original Message ----- From: Hugh Vandervoort To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [PCSOFT] Extract text from PDF Foxit. Tools/Select Text. A great, lightweight replacement for Acrobat reader: http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/reader/ Get the free version only. On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:30 PM, Bob Lendrim <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Can anyone recommend a free tool or method which will extract text from a > PDF file > so it can be pasted/used in other applications? Thank you very much. > > > Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://freepctech.com/staff.shtml Curious about the people moderating your messages? Visit our staff web site: http://freepctech.com/staff.shtml