RE: Turn OFF smart text selection in PDF

["Fitzpatrick, Jacki" <jacki -dot- fitzpatrick -at- yale -dot- edu>]

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From: techwr-l-bounces+jacki -dot- fitzpatrick=yale -dot- edu -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com <techwr-l-bounces+jacki -dot- fitzpatrick=yale -dot- edu -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> On Behalf Of Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2018 12:33 PM
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Subject: RE: Turn OFF smart text selection in PDF

If I were dictator of the world I would outlaw smart text selection. I'd lock up anyone who promotes it!

-Brian H

-----Original Message----- From: Lin Sims

I really hate smart text selection. It always grabs stuff I don't want, such as the word before a punctuation mark when all I want is the punctuation mark. Or the punctuation mark after a word when what I want is the word.

How in hell do I get rid of this?

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