Copy text from a PDF document and paste it, display strange characters
| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Evince |
Expired
|
Medium
|
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| evince (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
|
Low
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
Bug Description
Here how to reproduce it:
1) I have created a little text file with gedit editor
2) Then I have printed it with the "Create a PDF document" option in gedit.
3) Now open the PDF document created with Evince
4) Select the text and copy
5) Return to gedit and paste the text copied out from the PDF
6) All the text is composed of strange characters. The original gedit text is lost.
For Instance I wrote in gedit the following text:
"Text to testing PDF production"
and I have created a PDF document. I open the PDF in Evince and I select and copy the text.
Then I paste the text into gedit again and following strange character are displayed:
"8I\X XS XIWXMRK 4(* TVSHYGXMSR"
I attach to this post the two files (txt and pdf), so you can test if the problem is present on your PC too.
| Changed in evince: | |
| importance: | Untriaged → Low |
| Changed in evince: | |
| status: | Unknown → Unconfirmed |
| Changed in evince: | |
| status: | Confirmed → Triaged |
| Changed in evince: | |
| status: | New → Invalid |
| Changed in evince: | |
| importance: | Unknown → Medium |
| status: | Invalid → Expired |

use the gedit option "Create a PDF Document" to print the text in PDF form.