How to copy text from PDF and paste it to other application preserving text format?
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I have PDF file.
I need to copy some text from it preserving its formatting (so I need to save italic, bold, _underline_, font sizes and colors, links).
It seems that I need to copy text from PDF as HTML or RTF (or something similar).
I tried:
- copy text from Atril, paste to LibreOffice Writer - got plain text even if I select paste as RTF;
- copy text from Atril, paste to Abiword - got plain text;
- copy text from Okular, paste to LibreOffice or Abiword - got plain text;
- converting PDF to HTML with
pdf2htmlex- got HTML, but copying from web-browser makes all text plain again; - importing PDF to LibreOffice Impress - formatting is preserved, but copying is difficult because of large amount of text blocks.
Which software from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS repository should I use to solve my problem?
libreoffice pdf format-conversion
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I have PDF file.
I need to copy some text from it preserving its formatting (so I need to save italic, bold, _underline_, font sizes and colors, links).
It seems that I need to copy text from PDF as HTML or RTF (or something similar).
I tried:
- copy text from Atril, paste to LibreOffice Writer - got plain text even if I select paste as RTF;
- copy text from Atril, paste to Abiword - got plain text;
- copy text from Okular, paste to LibreOffice or Abiword - got plain text;
- converting PDF to HTML with
pdf2htmlex- got HTML, but copying from web-browser makes all text plain again; - importing PDF to LibreOffice Impress - formatting is preserved, but copying is difficult because of large amount of text blocks.
Which software from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS repository should I use to solve my problem?
libreoffice pdf format-conversion
asked Apr 10 at 21:04
N0rbert
15.8k33274
This is not a native solution, but opening the PDF in Google Doc may give you better results than LibreOffice.
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Apr 10 at 21:12
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I have PDF file.
I need to copy some text from it preserving its formatting (so I need to save italic, bold, _underline_, font sizes and colors, links).
It seems that I need to copy text from PDF as HTML or RTF (or something similar).
I tried:
- copy text from Atril, paste to LibreOffice Writer - got plain text even if I select paste as RTF;
- copy text from Atril, paste to Abiword - got plain text;
- copy text from Okular, paste to LibreOffice or Abiword - got plain text;
- converting PDF to HTML with
pdf2htmlex- got HTML, but copying from web-browser makes all text plain again; - importing PDF to LibreOffice Impress - formatting is preserved, but copying is difficult because of large amount of text blocks.
Which software from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS repository should I use to solve my problem?
libreoffice pdf format-conversion
asked Apr 10 at 21:04
N0rbert
15.8k33274
I have PDF file.
I need to copy some text from it preserving its formatting (so I need to save italic, bold, _underline_, font sizes and colors, links).
It seems that I need to copy text from PDF as HTML or RTF (or something similar).
I tried:
- copy text from Atril, paste to LibreOffice Writer - got plain text even if I select paste as RTF;
- copy text from Atril, paste to Abiword - got plain text;
- copy text from Okular, paste to LibreOffice or Abiword - got plain text;
- converting PDF to HTML with
pdf2htmlex- got HTML, but copying from web-browser makes all text plain again; - importing PDF to LibreOffice Impress - formatting is preserved, but copying is difficult because of large amount of text blocks.
Which software from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS repository should I use to solve my problem?
libreoffice pdf format-conversion
libreoffice pdf format-conversion
asked Apr 10 at 21:04
N0rbert
15.8k33274
asked Apr 10 at 21:04
N0rbert
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This is not a native solution, but opening the PDF in Google Doc may give you better results than LibreOffice.
– user68186
Apr 10 at 21:12
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This is not a native solution, but opening the PDF in Google Doc may give you better results than LibreOffice.
– user68186
Apr 10 at 21:12
This is not a native solution, but opening the PDF in Google Doc may give you better results than LibreOffice.
– user68186
Apr 10 at 21:12
This is not a native solution, but opening the PDF in Google Doc may give you better results than LibreOffice.
– user68186
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That is not possible in general. Not even with Acrobat Reader Pro. Adobe recommended saving as Word doc or HTML. Evince or Okular will allow you to copy and paste using the from the viewer in utf8 but that discards formatting, mostly.
As you said, the best bet might be to use the LibreOffice import which tries to preserve many features of pdf format that map on to odf. Also, you can use the pdftk tool to select specific pages from a larger pdf file and then import them into LibreOffice.
answered Apr 10 at 21:30
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1 Answer
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That is not possible in general. Not even with Acrobat Reader Pro. Adobe recommended saving as Word doc or HTML. Evince or Okular will allow you to copy and paste using the from the viewer in utf8 but that discards formatting, mostly.
As you said, the best bet might be to use the LibreOffice import which tries to preserve many features of pdf format that map on to odf. Also, you can use the pdftk tool to select specific pages from a larger pdf file and then import them into LibreOffice.
answered Apr 10 at 21:30
Martin W
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That is not possible in general. Not even with Acrobat Reader Pro. Adobe recommended saving as Word doc or HTML. Evince or Okular will allow you to copy and paste using the from the viewer in utf8 but that discards formatting, mostly.
As you said, the best bet might be to use the LibreOffice import which tries to preserve many features of pdf format that map on to odf. Also, you can use the pdftk tool to select specific pages from a larger pdf file and then import them into LibreOffice.
answered Apr 10 at 21:30
Martin W
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up vote
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That is not possible in general. Not even with Acrobat Reader Pro. Adobe recommended saving as Word doc or HTML. Evince or Okular will allow you to copy and paste using the from the viewer in utf8 but that discards formatting, mostly.
As you said, the best bet might be to use the LibreOffice import which tries to preserve many features of pdf format that map on to odf. Also, you can use the pdftk tool to select specific pages from a larger pdf file and then import them into LibreOffice.
answered Apr 10 at 21:30
Martin W
74238
That is not possible in general. Not even with Acrobat Reader Pro. Adobe recommended saving as Word doc or HTML. Evince or Okular will allow you to copy and paste using the from the viewer in utf8 but that discards formatting, mostly.
As you said, the best bet might be to use the LibreOffice import which tries to preserve many features of pdf format that map on to odf. Also, you can use the pdftk tool to select specific pages from a larger pdf file and then import them into LibreOffice.
answered Apr 10 at 21:30
Martin W
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answered Apr 10 at 21:30
Martin W
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answered Apr 10 at 21:30
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answered Apr 10 at 21:30
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This is not a native solution, but opening the PDF in Google Doc may give you better results than LibreOffice.
– user68186
Apr 10 at 21:12