> > As requested, continuing from: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/2022/msg00298.html
> > From https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=148025#c3 > >> Pasting the selection from https://pdf-xchange.eu/ will contain the > > required blank lines *if* it is written in the pdf. LibreOffice does not > > write blank lines in the pdf. > > > > Please understand this is a two-part fix: > > 1) Tweak LibreOffice pdf to write blank lines - > > https://github.com/LibreOffice/core/blob/master/vcl/source/gdi/pdfwriter_impl.cxx > > ?? > > 2) User must view pdf in software that captures pdf layout > > > > Adobe Acrobat only captures text, not layout. Maintainers of pdf viewer > > software generally consider this is all that is required but I note the > > viewers often offer features not found in Acrobat. > > > > The only reason to use a pdf editor is they must capture layout to be > > functional but they generally don't have the best interface for viewing pdf > > files. For example, LibreOffice is not the software of choice to view pdf > > files. https://pdf-xchange.eu/ has an acceptable interface. > > > > ...Ideally, a freely > > available pdf viewer can be found or tweaked to capture that selection into > the clipboard rather than stripping leading/trailing spaces and blank lines.
