To extract a portion of the content from a PDF-based e-book and copy it, you can use the following steps: 1 Use a PDF-reader or editing software such as Adobe Acrobat, Gimp, PDFelement, etc. These applications could open and manipulate the PDF-files. 2 Open the downloaded file and select the "Save As" menu. 3 In the Save As dialog box, choose the location and file name to save the file and click the "Save" button. 4 In the Save dialog box, choose the format you want to save the file in, such as the PDF-format, and click the "Save" button. 5 In the pop-up "Save file" dialog box, select the part of the file you want to intercept and click the "select" button. 6 click the "copy" button to copy the selected part to the whiteboard. 7 Open a text editor or file manager such as notepad for Windows, TextEdit for macs, etc. 8 Paste the copied part of the PDFfrom the whiteboard to the target location in the text editor or file manager. 9 Check if the file was successfully copied and can be saved as a new PDF-file. Please note that some PDF-editing software may be more intuitive and convenient, but some software may require payment or registration to use.