Ace_NoOne
March 18th, 2007, 05:57 AM
Hello,
When copying text from PDF documents, the clipboard content is often scrambled.
I first thought this was some kind of PDF security option supposed to prevent copying text from a particular document - but it's happening with way too many documents, so I now think it's a bug in Foxit Reader.
For example, when copying the title from this document (http://www.abo.psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/virtualcollaboration/publications.php?action=view&id=44), I get the following:VoluntaryMEngagementMinManMOpenMWebSbase dMEncyclopedia:M
Wikipedians7MandMWhyMTheyMDoMItHere's what it should be: Voluntary Engagement in an Open Web-based Encyclopedia:
Wikipedians, and Why They Do It
UPDATE: Thanks to IRC, I've found someone to test this document in Adobe Reader; apparently, copying the title works just fine there.
When copying text from PDF documents, the clipboard content is often scrambled.
I first thought this was some kind of PDF security option supposed to prevent copying text from a particular document - but it's happening with way too many documents, so I now think it's a bug in Foxit Reader.
For example, when copying the title from this document (http://www.abo.psychologie.uni-wuerzburg.de/virtualcollaboration/publications.php?action=view&id=44), I get the following:VoluntaryMEngagementMinManMOpenMWebSbase dMEncyclopedia:M
Wikipedians7MandMWhyMTheyMDoMItHere's what it should be: Voluntary Engagement in an Open Web-based Encyclopedia:
Wikipedians, and Why They Do It
UPDATE: Thanks to IRC, I've found someone to test this document in Adobe Reader; apparently, copying the title works just fine there.