Problems copying from PDF file

[ThreehundredE]

When I copy an object from an Adobe Reader file and paste it into a Publisher
file, I have two problems: object loses its sharpness and when I print it
out, it prints out in a solid black block. What am I doing wrong? Any help
would be appreciated!
Thank you.

 

[Mary Sauer]

What happens if you copy and paste into an editing program and save and then
insert into Publisher. What happens if you select "paste special" and designate
a specific format? What is the resolution of the picture? Where did you get the
PDF? Do you have an URL?

 

[ThreehundredE]

Thank you, Mary! What kind of editing program? The PDF is off of a website.
I tried two ways:

Crop, copy and paste directly onto my Publisher file. That resulted in bad
quality and black-block printing.

Saved the PDF file to my hard drive and "paste special" and I seemed not to
lose quality of the object. The only problem is, I need to crop the
document.

There must be a better way and I just can't seem to figure it out. Could
you shed more light on this? I'm not super computer savy, but I'm trying to
keep up! Thank you so much.

 

[Mary Sauer]

MS Paint will work as an editing program. You could do a print screen, paste and
crop in Paint.

I only asked for the URL to see if I get the same results.

 

[ThreehundredE]

I have MS Paint, Adobe Photo Elements and Corel Painter IX.5. I guess I
could any of these? Thanks for clarifying "editing program" as I wasn't sure
what you were referring to.

Here's the URL of the document. I need to create a school document with
some of the items in the newsletter, hence, the cut and paste. September is
coming up soon and I haven't been able to get past square one with my
newsletter so I thank you for your help. I'll try to use the editing
programs and save it to my hard disk...then paste. Should I use "paste" or
"paste special"? What is the difference between the two?


http://familysupport.k12.hi.us/ParentNews/SEP06elem.pdf

 

[Mary Sauer]

I downloaded the PDF, I can edit the text and save the images. Usually I can
import a PDF into Corel, Corel is reporting the file is corrupt. Exactly what
parts of the file do you need? I can separate the objects and put them into a
Publisher document. The pictures are okay for me. Are you up to editing the text
if I simply use plain text. The PDF says the font the document is using is
StoneSans.
Paste will bring the image over in a default manner, paste special gives you a
choice. I pasted the image into an editing program and erased the background.

 

[JoAnn Paules [MVP]]

I was able to open it with ScanSoft's PDF Converter software. Contact me
offline if you would like this sent as a Word doc. You can copy and paste
whatever you need from that.

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

 

[visual integrity]

Using pdf2picture/pdfFLY you can convert any graphics drawing or form saved
in PDF file
to Windows native graphics format (WMF or EMF). All text/vector objects can
be edited
using MS drawing tools.

See http://www.pdf2picture.com for more information.