Edit text (cut and paste) - NOT WORKING as it used to....

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Hi, not sure if anyone else has noticed this... could do with a hand if anyone has any ideas...

I have been cutting and pasting text from a PDF for an age with absolutely no problems... now it has become so bad, it is sometimes quicker to re-write.

I've attached an image to show what I get - turns it to a yukky format, and can not recognice vast areas of text.

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First image, this is when I edit text - looks lovely and crisp....

As soon as i try to copy, I get this....

Help much appreciated.

Subrato Namata · Accepted Answer

Thanks for sharing the issue. Looks like the document is scanned PDF. an Instead of Edit, can you please try running, Scan & OCR > Enhanced scanned file>Click on Recognize text and then Click on "Enhance" button. With Edit, the fonts are getting substituted with synthesized fonts (i.e. custom fonts that gets created basis similar looking fonts/glyphs). Hence, you may be observing the non-readable texts. Generation of fonts also depends on Resolution(100 DPI or, 300 DPI) of scanned pdf.

P.S. Somehow the link to dropbox is broken.

gary_sc · Answer

Hi, @marya6431116, is there any chance you can upload the original PDF? Your screenshots are great, but unfortunately, they only lead to possible issues. With the original, we can take better aim. Thank you

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