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Cannot copy text from the simplest PDF file?
Consider the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
We define multiplication by
$$v_1x = 0,\quad v_2x = v_1,\quad v_1y = -v_1,\quad v_2y = v_1$$
\end{document}
which looks ...
1
vote
1answer
70 views
import/(copy in) math from Pdf
Is it possible to import/(copy in) a pdf-file including formulas and math to Lyx while keeping the math unchanged/editable/usable?
1
vote
0answers
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How can I get a PDF with copyable text if I need to use \usepackage[T1]{fontenc}? [duplicate]
Consider the following situation:
A .tex file with the following content:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
Let it be.
\end{document}
The file is compiled by ...
10
votes
1answer
245 views
Copy from PDF without line breaks at end of each line
When I produce the PDF, open it and copy the paragraph into notepad, there is a forced line break at the end of every line in the PDF. Is there a way to get over this, so that I can copy the paragraph ...
7
votes
1answer
314 views
Copying LaTeX from a PDF
Is there a way to copy from a PDF to a LaTeX document? Whenever I do it, it copies in with weird symbols in the place of LaTeX commands for example:
$$f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$$
copies in ...
6
votes
0answers
173 views
PDF that can be scanned faster by a PDF reader [closed]
Searching words with Ctrl+F in common PDF readers takes sometimes very long.
The time does not correlate with the number of pages, or the number of embedded pictures.
What causes slow fulltext ...
6
votes
1answer
153 views
Copy Czech characters from PDF with charter font
I wanna be able to copy czech characters from PDF, but for some reason it doesn´t work.
here is my code:
\usepackage{cmap}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{charter}
...
3
votes
1answer
451 views
Weird behaviour of copying - no space between words
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{tgtermes}
\begin{document}
Polska, Rzeczpospolita Polska -- państwo unitarne w Europie Środkowej,
położone ...
5
votes
2answers
219 views
Unable to copy _ from pdf
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1,OT4]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
Text with \_.
\end{document}
In PDF there is a correct output: Text with _.
But when I select and copy it I get: Text with .
It ...
12
votes
1answer
324 views
Can PDF search find words with ligatures in XeLaTeX-documents?
Is there some way allow PDF search to find words with ligatures? I use XeLaTeX.
\documentclass{book}
\begin{document}
Prefix.
\end{document}
In the resulting pdf file, searching for the word ...
4
votes
1answer
341 views
Problems with copy and paste from PDF using lstlisting (Again)
So I had already posted a similar question concerning the minus sign (-), but now I have an issue with the apostrophe (') that the previous solutions do not seem to solve. This seems to be a problem ...
7
votes
3answers
623 views
Problems with copy and paste from PDF using lstlisting
I'm using lstlisting to create course notes from which I am hoping that code can be copy&paste'd I've already implemented the suggestions in
Phantom spaces in listings (pdf) to make sure that ...
3
votes
1answer
221 views
Create alternative uppercase text automatically with accsupp
This is a follow-up question to Is it possible to provide alternative text to use when copying text from the PDF?.
I am essentially trying to redefine textsc/scshape in order to use accsupp ...
24
votes
1answer
414 views
Is it possible to prevent some part of text (headers, footers) from selection?
I'm looking for a solution that will allow me to prevent some parts of the final pdf file (header, footer) from being selected and copied. It is to allow easier quoting of longer parts of texts from ...
27
votes
1answer
479 views
Make hyphenated words in PDF searchable
Is there a way to make hyphenated words in a PDF generated by LuaTeX searchable? If the MWE below is converted to a PDF, searching for "lexicon" (in Acrobat X for example) will not find the word since ...
8
votes
2answers
641 views
What can cause generated PDF document whose text are not correctly copyable?
I was wondering why some PDF documents compiled from some LaTeX code does not make its text correctly copyable, i.e. what you can get is nonsense text? For example, this pdf document (I don't have the ...
7
votes
1answer
479 views
How do I encode foreign characters so that they are searchable in the resultant PDF file?
This may be a PDF problem rather than a LaTeX problem, but as it involves pdfLaTeX output I'm hoping I won't get my wrist slapped too hard.
I'm creating a bibliography, and inevitably some of the ...
5
votes
1answer
159 views
Selectable picture environment in PDF
I'd like to be able of copy & pasting the results of a picture environment in a PDF file to a plain text file.
The problem is that once I copy the text the results are unsatisfactory: for ...
7
votes
1answer
1k views
Problem copying text from pdf - spaces being stripped
I have the following minimal working example:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\begin{document}
é canção
\end{document}
I need to use the utf8 argument ...
5
votes
1answer
693 views
PDF with un-copyable text in LuaLaTeX
In Is it possible to produce a PDF with un-copyable text?, it was suggested the following code to disable the coyable text from a pdf viewer.
% pdflatex is required
\documentclass{article}
...
8
votes
1answer
3k views
Protect text in PDF from being copied [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
PDF with un-copyable text
What is the most effective ways to protect text in a PDF from being copied with Ctrl+C?
I know about standard PDF copy protection, and also ...
15
votes
3answers
4k views
Is it possible to produce a PDF with un-copyable text?
Is it possible to produce a PDF with un-copyable text? I mean, when you want to copy text from the PDF, you can't copy it or what you copy is nonsense characters.
