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Status: WontFix
Owner: ----
Closed: Aug 2017
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Pri: 2
Type: Bug



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PDF: if select some text, it can't be copied. however, i tried to print preview the page, and can copy selected text

Reported by mr.ryans...@gmail.com, Aug 22 2017

Issue description

Chrome Version       : 60.0.3112.78 (Developer Build) Built on Ubuntu , running on Ubuntu 17.04 (64-bit)
URLs (if applicable) : http://www.universitiesnz.ac.nz/files/University%20Staff%20Academic%20Salaries%20and%20Remuneration%20-%20Final.pdf
Other browsers tested:
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What steps will reproduce the problem?
(1) if select some text, it can't be copied. however, i tried to print preview the page, and can copy selected text 
(2)
(3)

What is the expected result?


What happens instead?


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possible.

 
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Components: Internals>Plugins>PDF
Labels: -Pri-3 Needs-Triage-M60 Pri-2
Status: WontFix (was: Unconfirmed)
This is working as intended, though it is confusing.

The file has permissions that provide "security" and says copying is not allowed. So the PDF Viewer is honoring that permission and not letting you copy text. Of course, the security is rather lax, and the transformed PDF shown in print preview does not carry the same security bits.

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