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Copy to clipboard for non latin texts

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From: Panagiotis_Sidiropoulos
Date: Fri, 12 Jan 2007 13:26
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Dear all,

I'm using Windows XP Pro SP2 and Reader 8. I'm trying to copy/paste Greek text from a pdf created on Mac OX 9 (not X anyway) but having difficulties. Fonts used on Mac OS are non Unicode but of old 8-bit code page.

I also tried to make a converter, check what is copied on clipboard for each known letter and then convert it to it's proper Greek equivalent. When I copy one character in pdf I'm getting a character on clipboard, for example chr( 122 ). But, when I copy more than one characters, a full paragraph for instance, I'm getting different characters on clipboard. It is not behaving the same way.

I could provide pdf samples and any more information if necessary, please just ask. If anyone is familiar with this kind of problems, please let me know. Your help would be most appreciated.

Panagiotis Sidiropoulos
Athens, Greece
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