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d_fajardo

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Registered: 2017-07-28

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[SOLVED] Copy and pasting french texts from PDF

I've search the internet for solutions and cannot find a proper answer. Most say it's not possible but I just wonder if anyone has a way. I'm trying to copy french texts from a pdf file but every time I copy and paste the texts, the different accents are lost. Does anybody got a solution? I use Okular to view the pdf.

Last edited by d_fajardo (2018-08-31 21:04:25)

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Copy and pasting french texts from PDF

Can you provide a sample "french pdf"?
Does it work w/ https://www.archlinux.org/packages/comm … 6_64/llpp/ ?
Is only some ctrl+c clipboard copying affected, or does the primary selection (select text w/ the mouse, then middle click the destination) fail as well?
What is the target of the cnp operation - and does it matter?

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d_fajardo

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Registered: 2017-07-28

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Re: [SOLVED] Copy and pasting french texts from PDF

Thanks seth. I just discovered it's the actual pdf file that's the problem. I tried other french texts from another book and it works without problem.
I'll mark this as solved.