PDF exported from Publisher : text properties

[cga-archi]

Hello everyone,

I have a problem with a PDF exported from Publisher.

When I want to copy and paste a text from a PDF from Publisher, and insert it into another native Publisher file, the text puts the paragraph bookmark after each line end that the software intersects, as if it was the end of a paragraph.

This does not happen with a PDF exported from Ado** InD*****...

Is it because of an export parameter?

Is it a common setting of the software?

Thanks

Benoit

Sans titre.afpub Sans titre.pdf

[Petar Petrenko]

It is all about how Affinity team created (PDF) import/export filters based on that how deep they analized the file structure so far.

[MikeTO]

Affinity is correctly creating the PDF but gives you a choice how to open it. 

Select the "Favour editable text over fidelity" checkbox when opening the PDF and you will have paragraph marks only at the end of the paragraphs.

[walt.farrell]

On 12/8/2022 at 3:06 PM, cga-archi said:

When I want to copy and paste a text from a PDF from Publisher,

How are you viewing the PDF? That may influence how the Copy part of the operation is working.

Also, it would probably be a better workflow to save the original .afpub file, and work from that rather than working from a PDF of the original. Working from the original will preserve much more information for your future use.

[cga-archi]

On 1/10/2023 at 9:33 PM, MikeTO said:

 

Affinity is correctly creating the PDF but gives you a choice how to open it. 

Select the "Favour editable text over fidelity" checkbox when opening the PDF and you will have paragraph marks only at the end of the paragraphs.

Thank you very much Mike!

Your recommandation solves my problem!

[cga-archi]

On 1/11/2023 at 6:51 AM, walt.farrell said:

How are you viewing the PDF? That may influence how the Copy part of the operation is working.

Also, it would probably be a better workflow to save the original .afpub file, and work from that rather than working from a PDF of the original. Working from the original will preserve much more information for your future use.

Thank you Walt!

In this example, I'm viewing the PDF with BlueBeam.

You're right I'm going to favor the original format, but I'm trying to consider the different situations we might encounter when exchanging pdfs with other people/other software.