Re: Word reversal from Abobe to Word

From: Raymond Mercier <rm459_at_cam.ac.uk>
Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:55:57 -0000

Thanks to all for your comments on the problem of copying a Hebrew phrase from Adobe to Word.
The Hebrew phrase is מהלך חמה הבינוני בשנים מחוברות ופרוטות וחדשים

I have had another look at the problem, with these results.

Copy from Adobe Acrobat 6 (with Select text):
    Paste into Word as rtf - words in the correct order, but reversal within each word
     Paste into Word using Paste special and unformatted unicode -word order reversed, as well as reversal within each word

Copy from Adobe Reader X:
    Paste int Word as rtf - word order reversed, but characters not reversed within each word
    Paste into Word using Paste special and unformatted unicode - everything correct.

Clearly my old Adobe Acrobat 6 is not up to the job, while the latest reader is, provided Paste Special is used.

There are options within Word options/Advanced/Cut Copy Paste, but a choice of non-default options has no bearing on the issue.

Regards
Raymond Mercier
Received on Sun Feb 17 2013 - 05:59:34 CST

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