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_uwe_jensen_
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January 28, 2008
Question

confused text after copying to clipboard

  • January 28, 2008
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Hello,

I have
WinXP SP 2
Adobe Reader 8.1.0

I have some pdf-documents from which I need to copy the text to the clipboard. If I do so I get an error message "error occured..." but text is copied. But the copied text is completely nonsense.
Example:
Original:
"In case of dispute the German wording is binding."
Copy:
"&


'
%
#"

What can that be?
Has anyone a hint for me?
Thanks in advance.
Uwe
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    _Aandi_Inston_
    Participating Frequently
    January 29, 2008
    Some PDF files have this problem.

    Technically: the font does not contain a useful encoding which allows
    the font glyph references to be mapped to a representation you can
    use.

    In simple language: in some PDF files, the text will always copy as
    junk.

    If you are making the PDF, you may be able to change the way you make
    it. If it is already made, that's all.

    Aandi Inston
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