Pdf reader select column

I am trying to place the curser at beginning of sentence and drag to the end of the sentence to select whole sentence before I highlight it. I can no longer do this WHY? It's driving me mad. You cannot select columns or rows in Galley or Story view. Legal Notices Online Privacy Policy. Buy Now. Selecting and editing tables Search.

Select table cells, rows, and columns. Select cells. Using the Type tool , do any of the following:. To switch between selecting all of the text in a cell and selecting the cell, press Esc. Select entire columns or rows. Select all header, body, or footer rows. Click inside a table, or select text. Select the entire table.

Drag the Type tool across the entire table. Insert rows and columns. You can insert rows and columns using a number of different methods. Insert a row. Place the insertion point in a row below or above where you want the new row to appear. Specify the number of rows you want. Specify whether the new row or rows should appear before or after the current row, and then click OK. You can also create a new row by pressing Tab when the insertion point is in the last cell.

Insert a column. Place the insertion point in a column next to where you want the new column to appear. Specify the number of columns you want. Specify whether the new column or columns should appear before or after the current column, and then click OK. Insert multiple rows and columns. Specify a different number of rows and columns, and then click OK. Insert a row or column by dragging. Position the Type tool over the border of a column or row so that a double-arrow icon or appears. Hold down the mouse button, and then hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS while dragging down to create a new row, or to the right to create a new column.

If you press Alt or Option before holding down the mouse button, the Hand tool appears—so make sure you begin dragging before you press Alt or Option. Delete rows, columns, or tables. Rows are deleted from the bottom of the table; columns are deleted from the right side of the table. To delete a row or column by using the mouse, position the pointer over the border of the bottom or right side of the table so that a double-arrow icon or appears; hold down the mouse button; and then hold down Alt Windows or Option Mac OS while dragging either up to delete rows, or to the left to delete columns.

To delete cell contents without deleting cells, select the cells containing the text you want to delete, or use the Type tool to select the text within the cells. Change the alignment of a table within a frame. Place the insertion point to the right or left of the table. One of the interesting tools is the Select Tool. This tool allows the users to select the data image or text from the PDF document. It allows you to select the particular text, a block of text, image, entire PDF document, or rectangle area from the document.

To use this tool first we need to select the tool. Step 1.