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I had been using Find and Replace successfully in v. 283 and previous builds to locate each line break created by opening a PDF as an editable document and then replacing each with  a single space.   Today I tried this repeatedly with v. 293 and have discovered that Find and Replace is not working at all.   I just experimented with v. 283 and replaced several hundred line breaks in the same multi-page opened PDF.    v. 293 could not find a single line break in that same document.    Something fishy here!!   (MAC Sierra 10.12.6)  


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Just now, jmwellborn said:

I had been using Find and Replace successfully in v. 283 and previous builds to locate each line break created by opening a PDF as an editable document and then replacing each with  a single space.   Today I tried this repeatedly with v. 293 and have discovered that Find and Replace is not working at all.   I just experimented with v. 283 and replaced several hundred line breaks in the same multi-page opened PDF.    v. 293 could not find a single line break in that same document.    Something fishy here!!   (MAC Sierra 10.12.6)  

Can you supply a sample PDF that demonstrates the problem?

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2 hours ago, walt.farrell said:

Can you supply a sample PDF that demonstrates the problem?

If the developers would like to see the PDF I will be glad to send it to them via dropbox.   It is a personal family history and not something I wish to post in the forums.    


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OK. I thought perhaps you had a more generic PDF you could demonstrate it with, but if not I'm sure they'll provide an upload link for you.

-- Walt
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    Desktop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 64GB memory, AMD Ryzen 9 5900 12-Core @ 3.00 GHz, NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 

    Laptop:  Windows 11 Pro, version 23H2, 32GB memory, Intel Core i7-10750H @ 2.60GHz, Intel UHD Graphics Comet Lake GT2 and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU.
iPad:  iPad Pro M1, 12.9": iPadOS 17.4.1, Apple Pencil 2, Magic Keyboard 
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1 hour ago, Jon P said:

Hi @jmwellborn,

I can search for them in the PDF i got from you on another thread, are you still struggling in the latest build? If so could you clarify to me how you are looking for them?

Thanks!

Since I cannot open the PDFs in v. 305 with "Favour editable text over fidelity" I cannot check here, so would be glad if you would use either PDF I sent you to check.    I am trying to open PDFs exported from former work (usually text-only but some with images) done with InDesign, Apple Pages, or that rather unsatisfactory iCalamus (very temporarily used)  in order to edit them with fresh material.   So the first thing I do after opening a PDF with both options checked, is to do a Find and Replace to change all line breaks (and there are thousands!) with a single space.   I use the "Line Break" option in the FIND box, and then highlight the REPLACE box and enter a single click on the space bar.  That seems to be more uniformly successful than the Non-breaking space option.    Then I click on REPLACE ALL.     It had been working perfectly.   After that is done, I next link all the text frames -- very tediously! -- so that the material will flow properly, then save the document as an .afpub file.    I then open it, set up master pages, reset margins if I need, and I am ready to go.    It has been working beautifully, by the way!!!!    And many thanks to you all!      


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Oops.   Meant to say I link the text frames after opening the .afpub resulting from the PDF.   Chalk it up to spring pollen!


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,  Ventura 13.6.   Publisher, Photo, Designer 1.10.5, and 2.1.1.  
 iPad Pro 12.9 2020 (4th Gen. IOS 16.6.1); Apple pencil.  
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