Guest Big Rick Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Hello Folks I need to copy a lot of information from PDF files and put them in a word document. However, when I start typing, the PDF window goes behind the open Word file window and I have to manually switch between the two every couple of words or so. Is it possible not to lose the view of PDF window. It will be unfeasible to print each PDF file as there is a *lot* of them to do and only need about 30 or so words from each page. It is also unfeasible to have two small windows open as there will have to be lots of scrolling up, down, left and right. It a nutshell, what I want is to do is to be able to type on a full screen Word document, with a 3/4 size PDF window open on the right hand side without it disappearing. I hope you can understand my great logic. I am sure what I am trying to explain has a technical term put I do not know it. Your help is and always has been very much appreciated. Thanking you in anticipation. -- <-><-><-><-> Big Rick
Guest st Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: Viewing two windows at once. "Big Rick" <BigRick@discussions.microsoft.com> сообщил/сообщила в новостях следующее: news:D92B6A5C-8666-4C1E-B8CD-B94592003A28@microsoft.com... > It a nutshell, what I want is to do is to be able to type on a full screen > Word document, with a 3/4 size PDF window open on the right hand side without > it disappearing. I hope you can understand my great logic. Right-click in Taskbar, than 'Tile Windows Horizontally'. :)
Guest Olórin Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: Viewing two windows at once. "Big Rick" <BigRick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D92B6A5C-8666-4C1E-B8CD-B94592003A28@microsoft.com... > Hello Folks > I need to copy a lot of information from PDF files and put them in a word > document. However, when I start typing, the PDF window goes behind the > open > Word file window and I have to manually switch between the two every > couple > of words or so. Is it possible not to lose the view of PDF window. > It will be unfeasible to print each PDF file as there is a *lot* of them > to > do and only need about 30 or so words from each page. It is also > unfeasible > to have two small windows open as there will have to be lots of scrolling > up, > down, left and right. > > It a nutshell, what I want is to do is to be able to type on a full screen > Word document, with a 3/4 size PDF window open on the right hand side > without > it disappearing. I hope you can understand my great logic. > > I am sure what I am trying to explain has a technical term put I do not > know > it. > > Your help is and always has been very much appreciated. > Thanking you in anticipation. > -- > <-><-><-><-> > Big Rick I take it you've checked that you can't copy/paste directly from the PDF? In Adobe Reader there's a "Select" button that changes the cursor from the hand to an I-bar you can use to select text, then maybe copy (ctrl-C).
Guest Big Rick Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 RE: Viewing two windows at once. Thanks ST. Although this is not quite what I was after it is a lot better that my current method. I do have many forms to do but it is only a one off job. It will make the whole process a lot easier. Many thanks to Olorin also. I did try the select in Reader but had no luck. Some of the words were done with Wordart and some words are behind pictures. Many thanks again to both of you. It really is appreciated. -- <-><-><-><-> Big Rick "Big Rick" wrote: > Hello Folks > I need to copy a lot of information from PDF files and put them in a word > document. However, when I start typing, the PDF window goes behind the open > Word file window and I have to manually switch between the two every couple > of words or so. Is it possible not to lose the view of PDF window. > It will be unfeasible to print each PDF file as there is a *lot* of them to > do and only need about 30 or so words from each page. It is also unfeasible > to have two small windows open as there will have to be lots of scrolling up, > down, left and right. > > It a nutshell, what I want is to do is to be able to type on a full screen > Word document, with a 3/4 size PDF window open on the right hand side without > it disappearing. I hope you can understand my great logic. > > I am sure what I am trying to explain has a technical term put I do not know > it. > > Your help is and always has been very much appreciated. > Thanking you in anticipation. > -- > <-><-><-><-> > Big Rick
Guest Lem Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: Viewing two windows at once. Big Rick wrote: > Thanks ST. > > Although this is not quite what I was after it is a lot better that my > current method. I do have many forms to do but it is only a one off job. It > will make the whole process a lot easier. > > Many thanks to Olorin also. > I did try the select in Reader but had no luck. Some of the words were done > with Wordart and some words are behind pictures. > > Many thanks again to both of you. It really is appreciated. "Tile windows horizontally" and "Tile windows vertically" divides the entire screen equally among all the active windows. You can also customize this effect. If you open a window to its less-than-full screen size, you can increase or decrease its size by putting the mouse cursor on one of the window edges and dragging in or out. If you put the mouse over a corner of the window, you can increase the window's height and width simultaneously. You can position the window on the screen by clicking and dragging on the window's title bar. As long as one window doesn't overlap the other, one of them won't "disappear" when you change the focus by clicking in the other one. http://www.internet4classrooms.com/pc_manage_win.htm -- Lem -- MS-MVP To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
Guest 3c273 Posted October 8, 2008 Posted October 8, 2008 Re: Viewing two windows at once. You might try this freeware to keep the pdf window "always on top" or google for other "always on top" freeware. http://www.fadsoft.net/AlwaysOnTopMaker.htm Louis "Big Rick" <BigRick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:D92B6A5C-8666-4C1E-B8CD-B94592003A28@microsoft.com... > Hello Folks > I need to copy a lot of information from PDF files and put them in a word > document. However, when I start typing, the PDF window goes behind the open > Word file window and I have to manually switch between the two every couple > of words or so. Is it possible not to lose the view of PDF window. > It will be unfeasible to print each PDF file as there is a *lot* of them to > do and only need about 30 or so words from each page. It is also unfeasible > to have two small windows open as there will have to be lots of scrolling up, > down, left and right. > > It a nutshell, what I want is to do is to be able to type on a full screen > Word document, with a 3/4 size PDF window open on the right hand side without > it disappearing. I hope you can understand my great logic. > > I am sure what I am trying to explain has a technical term put I do not know > it. > > Your help is and always has been very much appreciated. > Thanking you in anticipation. > -- > <-><-><-><-> > Big Rick
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