Making separate lines of text in Illustrator one box

[Lumpy]

My question is, I open a pdf in Illustrator and when I do it makes blocks of type separate lines.
How do I merge them together so I can copy and paste it as one block of text?

Thanks.

[doubting_thomas]

Maybe someone from Adobe will come along and give you an answer for this one

[rich apollo]

Select all the lines of text. Copy. Then paste with a type tool. This will not, however, maintain line breaks or leading.

rich

[catman]

If you just want the text (without formating) so that you can use it pasted somewhere else, save as from acrobat as plain text or text accessible.

Its a very nice and useful option.

alan