Send to Word

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In the Basic Usage chapter, you learned how to copy your desired portion of a PDF file to Windows clipboard, and pasted it into other applications. With PDF Snipping Tool, you can send virtually anything that arouses your interest in your PDF document to a Microsoft Word window.

 

Select your desired content, and click the Send To Word icon word on the tool bar, or from the menu Send->Send To Word. You will see the magic of PDF Snipping Tool that transfers your desired content to a new or active Microsoft Word window.

 

PDF Snipping Tool first searches for the active Microsoft Word window, and decides if your desired content can be copied and pasted into the active window; it would otherwise create a new window, and paste the content into the new window.

 

This feature gets you out of the copy-paste loop, and simplifies the process as one mouse click.

 

We give two examples.

 

Example A: Send a portion of a PDF file to Microsoft Word

 

1. Start PDF Snipping Tool

2. Use the snippers to select your desired graphical element

3. Click the Send To Word word button on the tool bar

4. Wait for a few seconds until the Connecting to Word... message disappears from the status bar, and see your selected portion is sent to a Microsoft Word window

 

Example B: Send a full page to Microsoft Word

 

1. Start PDF Snipping Tool

2. Navigate to the page of your interest

3. Click the Send To Word word button on the tool bar

4. Wait for a few seconds until the Connecting to Word... message disappears from the status bar, and see your selected portion is sent to a Microsoft Word window

 

Note: You can only send your selected portion or your PDF page as an image to Microsoft Word. If you want to send your content to Microsoft Word as pure text, you have to copy it as text and paste it into your Microsoft Word window.