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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.

Whiteshark
March 18th, 2007, 06:05 AM
I can confirm it does exactly as described.

Jessamine
March 18th, 2007, 06:58 PM
Thank you for the file. I can also confirm that. Please try it in text viewer mode. We will fix it ASAP.

Ace_NoOne
March 19th, 2007, 09:33 AM
In text viewer mode, copying selected text is disabled altogether.

(However, I didn't know about text viewer mode before - that'll certainly come in handy!)

qinjg8008
March 19th, 2007, 08:34 PM
Double bytes characters like Chinese still can't be copied correctly by copying text function.
I have reported this before, but new version does nothing about it.

EricB
April 7th, 2007, 10:47 AM
I am also experiencing this issue with all pdf files. I am using the latest version of Foxit on Windows XP with all service packs. I think the problem started with the upgrade to version 2.x

Eric