Well, the reason seems to be that 'document viewer is the default. I jusat d/l evince and can't seem to make it the default PDGF viewer. I right click on a pdf>open with>evince but it keeps opening with Document Viewer! :-)~MIKE~(-: On Tue, Sep 11, 2012 at 1:18 PM, Matt Graham wrote: > > Michael Havens wrote: > >> HOw can I make it so I can copy-n-paste the text from > >> a pdf into a oo document? > From: Mark Jarvis > > The Foxitpro PDF reader allows text to be marked and copied. > > Unfortunately, it's only available for Windows. I don't know if > > there's a Linux PDF reader that has that capability. > > AFAICT, evince (the PDF reader that's standard for GNOME-based distros) > will > allow you to copy and paste text from PDFs as well. Also remember that > some > PDF readers have multiple tools available, and the default tool might be > "scroll/drag pages" not "select text". > > Also also remember that if the PDF doesn't actually contain text, but is a > pile of images, then there will be no text to select. The PDF that you're > trying to look at doesn't have that problem, but for some reason, evince > won't > let you copy the text. Acrobrat Reader will. No, I don't know why > either.... > > -- > Matt G / Dances With Crows > The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ > There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >