copy and paste text in b0930

[speedlever]

I am unable to select text in build 0930 for copy and paste purposes. I draw the box around the text I want to select, copy and paste, but as soon as I release the left mouse button, the box disappears.

I've tried alt-c with the box held by the lmb but still no luck. Am I doing it wrong or has 0930 lost the ability to copy and paste text?

I know it used to work because I have a Word doc I built a couple of months ago using an earlier version of Foxit and cut and paste. I need to modify that doc but cannot remember/figure how to effect a cut and paste operation from Foxit.

Can anyone help?

[Jessamine]

Would you please attach a sample file for testing? If it is private, please send it to support@foxitsoftware.com. We will keep it confidential and delete it after testing. Thank you.

[speedlever]

To further complicate the question, I have a PC/Win XP/home.sp2 with Foxit build 2.0930 and I can draw a box around text. The box disappears as soon as I release the mouse button.

On my laptop running XP/pro.sp2 and Foxit 2.0930, I can select text, cut and paste just fine. I get a black box here whereas on the PC it just draws an outline box around the text (which then disappears).

Sorry... lost track of this thread for a while.

Should I uninstall and reinstall Foxit?

Edit: a sample file is meaningless. It doesn't matter what pdf file I choose. I get the same results everytime on the PC.

[speedlever]

Well forget the prior post about the laptop. Seems it may be file specific afterall.

Try the attached pdf file.

[Andy]

This often happens to me, and I also think it may be file specific. Which doesn't matter since it happens on too many files.

But this sort of thing has been happening through the last several versions. I keep a copy of version 1.3.0.519 since that version will not only copy all text but keeps the formatting (for example indents and linefeeds in code snippets).

I thought the new Text Viewer would be the answer, except you can't move from page to page! This seriously limits the usefulness of that feature.

[wpu]

@speedlever

There is a picture only in your PDF file, no text. Therefore you can't copy text.

[speedlever]

wpu,

when I click the above referenced link, I get a pdf file that downloads and displays in Foxit. But you can't select text in it.

[speedlever]

Andy,

Where can I find that older version? I'd like to back down to it. My archives of Foxit setup files include:
1.3.1413
1.3.1522
1.3.1621

but no 1.3.0519.

[Andy]

Hmm, the 1.3 version I use to copy and paste is build 0615, but the file properties say the version is 1.3.0519.

Do they have old versions available on the Foxit site for download?