How to enable non-English text copying from PDF file?

[Omi5FC9]

I am trying to convert a MS Doc file to a PDF file. If the file contains English then, one can copy text from the converted PDF file. But if the file contains language other than English, and someone tries to copy that non-English text from the converted PDF file, and paste it to a MS doc file, then the pasted text becomes gibberish.

What is the solution?

I tried with Adobe Acrobat Pro DC to convert Doc file to PDF file. Also when I save MS Doc file, I keep tick on the `Embed fonts in the file` in `Save. 

Now, the converted file look gibberish but when I copy the text from that converted PDF file and paste it somewhere else, the pasted text is just fine, but in the file it is gibberish.

What can I do?

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

Does this also happen when you use a different font? In order to convert back from a "glyph" (that's the drawing of the character you see on a page) to the actual character, the font needs to be associated with a "ToUnicode" mapping in the PDF file. I assume that this mapping is either missing, or corrupt. The last symptom you describe (PDF looks wrong, but copied information is correct) does point to a font problem, that's why you should try with a different font. 

[Omi5FC9]

Can you give a step by step instruction, please? Consider the follwoing  PDF file which is created by someone else, if I try to copy the text from the file I don't get exact charecters.

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

Unfortunately there are no step by step instructions to fix such a problem. You will need to figure out what exactly is wrong. Have you tried a different font in your Word document to see what happens? 

In the file you linked to, I get most characters correct when I copy from PDF to Word:

The characters that are not correct point again to a font problem. I don't have the font that is used in the PDF file, and Word selected a font based on the character set. All glyphs with a questionmark don't exist in the font that Word selected, and the ones that show a different glyph again have a different mapping. 

[Omi5FC9]

Let me give you a detail account of my conversion process.

1. I copy the text from this web page 

2. I paste the text in s MS WORD file.

3. I see the font is Vrinda 12.5

4. Then I check fonts in PDF (see the following image), and I find same font as MS Word! Then what is causing the problem? plz help.

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

How do you then convert to PDF? What settings are you using for the conversion? Again, have you tried to change the font in Word to something else to see if it's related to this particular font? I've suggested this twice so far, but it does not seem like you’ve tried it. 

[Omi5FC9]

Ofcourse I tried several fonts, for example, this time I tried SolaimanLipi (Unicode Font), the conversion process is simple, I go to Adobe tab, click "Create PDF" see the below image plz- 

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

I just tried it myself, and see the results. I suspect that this is Word messing up the information: When I select in Acrobat to File>Create>PDF From Web Page, the resulting PDF contains the correct information, and when I select and copy and paste a paragraph into Word, the text gets reproduced without a problem. 

[Omi5FC9]

"Word messing up the information".. probably not, because if I  copy the text from PDF and paste it n serach bar, I get the same scambled text. Also I can copy paste from MS WORD file without any problem.

[Karl Heinz Kremer]

Just because it works when you paste into another application, does not mean that Word is not at fault here: You can paste into Acrobat as well - either to create an annotation, or to add PDF text to a document, and in both cases, I get the correct results. 

The problem is very likely on the way out of Word via the "save as PDF" interface. 

In case this turns out to be a bug in Acrobat, you can submit a bug report here: http://www.adobe.com/products/wishform.html

I am sorry that I cannot offer any workaround (besides converting from HTML directly in Acrobt, as I've mentioned before).