Copy and paste from PDF in Preview results in gibberish
I have a screen recording to demonstrate my problem. http://blip.tv/file/2823667 View it in full screen to see the text.
MacBook 2.2Ghz Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.1), iWork '09
MacBook 2.2Ghz Core 2 Duo, Mac OS X (10.6.1), iWork '09
When I copy and then paste text from a PDF in Preview into Pages, the resulting text is gibberish symbols.
The odd thing is, I believe I've copied and pasted what's messing up before. Would it be possible for a PDF to become corrupted like that?
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/86630/internet%20use%20decreases%20social%20interaction. pdf
Perhaps it was done on purpose
Tom Gewecke wrote:
Perhaps it was done on purpose
The doc data says there are no restrictions regarding copy, print, change, or save. Adobe Reader properties indicates some non-standard fonts are used -- presumably that is what happened in the parts that can't be copied.
I did print that from the web to PDF while at school on a Windows box. I can't remember what the PDF printer was though.
Copy and paste from PDF in Preview results in gibberish