how to extract highlighted text from pdf file

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#1

Hi,

Could any one help me how to extract the highlighted text from pdf file.

Thanks,
Gopal

#2

Hi krish

Came up with this, I am sure their must be a better way to do this, any way hope this helps.

--presuming your text is already highlighted
tell application "System Events"
	tell application "Adobe Acrobat Professional" to activate
	set the clipboard to ""
	delay 0.5
	keystroke "c" using {command down}
	display dialog (the clipboard)
end tell

Budgie

#3

Just something else to try.

tell application "Adobe Acrobat Professional" to activate
tell application "System Events" to tell process "Adobe Acrobat Professional"
	keystroke "c" using {command down}
	tell application "TextEdit" to activate
	tell process "TextEdit"
		keystroke "v" using {command down}
	end tell
end tell

Tom

Operating System: Mac OS X (10.5)

#4

You ought to look at Skim, which is AppleScriptable and understands “selection”.