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| author | mbkma <[email protected]> | 2021-03-12 11:24:53 +0100 |
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| committer | raveit65 <[email protected]> | 2021-03-29 20:45:35 +0200 |
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diff --git a/help/C/textselection.page b/help/C/textselection.page new file mode 100644 index 00000000..1b310fe4 --- /dev/null +++ b/help/C/textselection.page @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" + type="topic" style="task" + id="textselection"> + + <info> + <link type="guide" xref="index#faq"/> + <desc>When you copy text, the text that is pasted might be different from what you had selected.</desc> + <revision pkgversion="1.25" version="0.1" date="2021-03-13" status="final"/> + <credit type="author"> + <name>Phil Bull</name> + <email>[email protected]</email> + </credit> + <license> + <p>Creative Commons Share Alike 3.0</p> + </license> + + </info> + +<title>Why didn't the text I selected copy properly?</title> + + +<p> +If you highlight and copy text from a document using Atril and then paste it into another +application, the formatting may alter. It may also contain different characters than the original selection. This often happens when copying text from a PDF document with multiple columns. +</p> + + + <p> + This problem happens because of how some document formats handle text. + The actual text in the document is stored differently from the way it is + displayed. This may result in a copy that does not appear as expected. + </p> + + <p> + Unfortunately, there is no real way of fixing this problem. Copying + less text at a time, or copying the text into a text editor (like <app>pluma</app>) may minimize the problem. + </p> + +</page> |