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Activity 8.13 Instruction Message How to Copy Pictures and Text from PDF Documents

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Q As a summer intern in the Marketing Department at Jovanovic Laboratory Supply, Inc., in Bozeman, Montana, you have been working on the company's annual catalog. You notice that staffers could save a lot of valuable time by copying and inserting images and text from the old edition into the new document. Your boss, Marketing Director Jenny Zhang, has received numerous inquiries from staffers asking how to copy text and images from previous editions. You know that this can be done, and you show a fellow worker how to do it using a PDF feature called Take a Snapshot. Marketing Director Zhang decides that you are quite a tech-savvy student. Because she has so much confidence in you, she asks you to draft a memo detailing the steps for copying images and text passages from portable document format (PDF) files. You start by viewing the Edit pull-down menu in an open PDF document. Depending on the Acrobat version, a feature called Take a Snapshot can be seen. It is preceded by a tiny camera icon and a check mark when the tool is activated. To copy content, you need to select the part of the PDF document that you want to capture. The cursor will change its shape once the feature is activated. Check what shape it acquires. With the left mouse button, click the location where you want to copy a passage or image. At the same time, you need to drag the mouse over the page in the direction you want. A selected area appears that you can expand and reduce, but you can't let go of the left mouse button. Once you release the left mouse button, a copy of the selected area will be made. You can then paste the selected area into a blank Microsoft Office document, whether Word, Excel, or PowerPoint. You can also take a picture of an entire page. Your Task Prepare a memo addressed to Marketing Department staff members for the signature of Jenny Zhang. Practice the steps described here in abbreviated form, and arrange all necessary instructions in a logical sequence. You may need to add steps not noted here. Remember, too, that your audience may not be as computer literate as you are, so ensure that the steps are clear and easy to follow. ?

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Jovanovic Laboratory Supply, Inc. DATE: July 30, 2020 TO: The Marketing Department FROM: SUBJECT: How to copy, paste text and images from PDF to documents It is a pleasure for me to be a guide for helping you all with regular activities. I will help you to copy and paste images and text from PDF to documents. This will help your work and you can save a lot of time and help Jovanovic Laboratory Supply, Inc. to grow. I would like you to follow the steps below: Begin by opening the PDF file from where you want to copy the image and navigate the option “Take a Snapshot”. The image would be located on the top bar or under the edit menu depending on which version of PDF reader you are using on your computer. On the top bar, a small camera icon will be represented. Now, you can check mark against the camera icon for activating snapshot feature. After activation there will be changes in mouse cursor to crosshair from pointer. Move the cursor to that point where you want to start the selection of the image. Then, click and drag the cursor across to the point where you want the edge of your image to be. You must understand that these procedures are continuous process, only the click and drag is flexible.