I know about this problem. sometimes placing focus at the top of the file and 
pressing shift-control-end (the select to end of document command) works 
better. However, probably the more reliable, though more time-consuming way, is 
to take advantage of the JAWS OCR feature by pressing JAWS key+spacebar, 
release, then d for document. Alt-tab to the window where OCR is being 
performed. JAWS will verbalize when the operation is complete. Since it can 
take a while, I usually do some other task and come back to it.

When OCR completes, control+a will work. I first paste the results into an 
empty Notepad file. The reason is that the OCR results often appear as tables, 
which confuses MS Word no end. Notepad eliminates the tables but somehow 
preserves the text sequence. I then select and copy the entire Notepad file and 
paste that result into a Word document.

-----Original Message-----
From: JAWS-Users-List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf 
Of Mr. Ed
Sent: Tuesday, March 07, 2017 11:17 AM
To: JAWS-Users-List 2
Subject: [JAWS-Users] How to copy a PDF file?

Hi Jaws Group,

I have a PDF file that I have opened in Acobat Reader DC. I did the ctrl + A to 
highlight the text but it only does this for the first page when I go and paste 
it in word. Is there a way I can select the whole PDF file and paste it in word 
for reading with Jaws?

Mr. Ed

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