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WEIRD! Parentheses turn into alien heads when copy/pasting from scientific articles
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<blockquote data-quote="loremipsum" data-source="post: 1312667" data-attributes="member: 219035"><p>This is a problem I have found when trying to copy and paste text from a PDF (usually a scientific article) into a plain text editor like TextEdit or Notational Velocity.</p><p></p><p></p><p>This picture sort of speaks for itself.</p><p><img src="http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr43/Kachatie/2011-10-18025300pm.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>Now this doesn't happen all the time with all PDFs, but when it does I notice a few patterns. For example....</p><p></p><p><img src="http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr43/Kachatie/2011-10-18030120pm.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Intriguing! Can anyone help me solve this puzzle?</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><img src="http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr43/Kachatie/2011-10-18070341pm.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loremipsum, post: 1312667, member: 219035"] This is a problem I have found when trying to copy and paste text from a PDF (usually a scientific article) into a plain text editor like TextEdit or Notational Velocity. This picture sort of speaks for itself. [IMG]http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr43/Kachatie/2011-10-18025300pm.png[/IMG] Now this doesn't happen all the time with all PDFs, but when it does I notice a few patterns. For example.... [IMG]http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr43/Kachatie/2011-10-18030120pm.png[/IMG] Intriguing! Can anyone help me solve this puzzle? [IMG]http://i468.photobucket.com/albums/rr43/Kachatie/2011-10-18070341pm.png[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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