Trying to copy and paste some text from a PDF (reading list from a course handbook into my task list).

I can copy fine, but when I paste it comes out like this:

That looks like PDF formatting codes. Without looking at the PDF I might suggest it's protected from copying or wasn't made using Acrobat but some kind of somethingToPDF tool.

It's not copy-protected (first thing I checked) but I'm guessing it's been made with some dodgy tool :(

I could save the pages I need as TIFFs and run them through some OCR software I guess. What's good OCR software these days? 

That will definitely be less effort than typing out the 2 pages of bullet points that I need (nod)

Dr. Frow sounds rather tasty.

Do you have any pictures of her?

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Mein Gott! She is fucking /lovely/. Pics easily found via Google (or so I'm told :-Y )

Indeed. :D

Want me to convert it to word if I can?

There's definitely some sort of protection going on, the links get xxx'd :-

Readings
Learning to access scholarly materials is part of your training. The reading materials for
this course are accessed in a few different ways. For any journal articles cited, you will
need to find them via the library, so learn how to log in and search to find the hard copy
or electronic version and read it. Often, online access to a journal will be through different
databases depending upon which year of the journal you are looking for. Book chapters
are mainly on E—Reserve, accessible via Learn. Required readings/listening are indicated
with an asterisk *.
A portion of the readings are radio podcasts or television documentaries. In this course we
make use of radio and video-based series. We will examine a few of these podcasts closely,
but very often other episodes of the series are excellent and worth listening to or watching
and I recommend you have a look.
1. Introduction: Studying Science and Society
a. ’* Listening: "How to Think about Science" episode 1: Simon Schaffer. Online at
  xxxx   xxxx    
b. °* Public Attitudes to Science 2011 summary report. Online at http:[fe,Twrv.ipsos-
rrrorixrorsx  Assets ,x.e Docs ,.ei*' Polis  eeil srix~ as~2011x~sumn1xer  ~re ort. 
c. Sismondo, S. (2004 or 2008) An Introduction to Science and Technology Studies.
chapters one and two. (HUB reserve, either edition fine)
2. How to Think About Science: Sociology of Scientific Knowledge
a. ’* Lorimer, ]. (2008) ’Counting Corncrakes: the Affective Science of the UK
Corncrake Census’ Social Studies of Science 38( 3): 377-405.
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b. ** Collins, H. and Pinch, T. (1998) Chapter 5: ’A New Window on the Universe: The
Non-Detection of Gravitational Radiation’ in idem., The Golem: What You Should
I<now About Science. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 91-108 [E-
Reserve]
c. Listening: "How to Think about Science" episode 16: Steven Shapin. Online at
  xxxx    
3. (Changing) Conceptions of Nature: Landscape, Wilderness and Conservation
a. ’* Cronon, W. (1995) ’The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting back to the Wrong
Nature' in idem. (ed.) Uncommon Ground: Rethinking the Human Place in Nature (pp.
69-90) New York: WW Norton and Co. (E-Reserve)
b. ’* Helford, R.M. (1999) ’Rediscovering the Presettlement Landscape: Making the Oak
Savanna Ecosystem ’Real’.’ Science, Technology 8 Human Values 24: 55-79.
c. Macnaghten, P. and Urry, ]. (1998) Chapter 1: ’Rethinking Nature and Society' in
idem., Contested Natures. London: Sage, pp. 1-31 [E-Reserve]
4. The Politics of Nature: Climate Change and Global Warming
a. ’* Watching: BBC documentary Climate Wars, Episode 2 (Episodes 1 &: 3 are optional
viewing), online at    x ei  
b. ** Demeritt, D. (2001) ’The Construction of Global Warming and the Politics of
Science.’ Annals of the Association of American Geographers 91(2): 307-337.
c. Hulme, M. (2009) Why We Disagree About Climate Change: Understanding Controversy,
Inaction and Opportunity. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
5. The Economics of Nature: Environmental Economics and Markets in Natural Kinds
a. ’* Ostrom, E., Burger, ]., Field, C.B., Norgaard, R.B. and Policansky, D. (1999)
’Revisiting the Commons: Local Lessons, Global Challenges.’ Science 284(5412): 278-
282.
b. ’* MacKenzie, D. (2009) ’Making Things the Same: Gases, Emissions Rights and the
Politics of Carbon Markets’ Accounting, Organizations and Society 34 (3/4): 440-445.
c. Portney, P.R. (1994) ’The Contingent Valuation Debate: Why Economists Should
Care.’ The Iournal of Economic Perspectives 8(4): 3-17.
Innovative Learning Week - no lectures or tutorials
6. Agriculture and Biotechnology
a. ’* Marie,]. (2008) ’For Science, Love and Money: The Social Worlds of Poultry and
Rabbit Breeding in Britain, 1900-1940.’ Social Studies of Science 38(6): 919-936.
b. ’* Listening: "How to Think about Science" episode 17: Peter Galison. Online at
  xxxx   xxxx    
c. Bonneuil, C., ]oly, P.-B. and Marris, C. (2008) ’Disentrenching Experiment: The
Construction of GM-Crop Field Trials as a Social Problem.’ Science, Technology 8
Human Values 33: 201-229.
7. Molecularizing Nature: Barcoding, Bioprospecting, and Synthetic Biology [3 lectures]
a. ’* Ellis, R., Waterton, C. and Wynne, B. (2010) ’Taxonomy, Biodiversity and their
Publics in Twenty-First-Century DNA Barcoding.’ Public Understanding of Science
19(4): 497-512.
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b. ’* Merson, ]. (2000) ’Bio-Prospecting or Bio-Piracy?: Intellectual Property Rights and
Biodiversity in a Colonial and Postcolonial Context' Osiris, 2nd Series, 15: 282-296.
c. ’* Preston, C.]. (2008) ’Synthetic Biology: Drawing a Line in Darwin’s Sand.’
Environmental Values 17: 23-39.
d. Takacks, D. (1996) ’The Making of Biodiversity,’ in idem. The Idea of Biodiversity:
Philosophies of Paradise. Baltimore: ]ohns Hopkins University Press, pp. 9-40 [E-
Reserve]
8. Extreme Environments: Antarctica
a. ’* Listening: The Life Scientific, Professor ]im Al-Khalili interviews Martin Siegert,
online at: hit : xeiei , xeee www.bbc.co.ukx   ro rarnrnes   01rn0ltw
b. ’* Dean, K., Naylor, S., Turchetti, S. and Siegert, M. (2008) ’Data in Antarctic Science
and Politics.’ Social Studies of Science 38(4): 571-604.
c. Website: International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, hxttp:{gieato.org{
9. Life, but not on Earth? Astrobiology
a. ’* Listening: The Life Scientific, Professor ]im Al-Khalili interviews Monica Grady,
online at:   xx -  
b. ’* Graphic Novels: NASA (2010 &: 2011) Astrobiology - Issues 1 &: 2, online at:
  xxx xxx    i    :  
  xxxx
c. Website: Stanford Astrobiology Course (taught by Professor Rothschild),
htt   ,x.e;   www.stanford.edu      astrobiolo  e xeiei e i-bin  
10. Wrap-up
a. ’* Bloor, D. (2008) ’Relativism at 30,000ft’ in Massimo Mazzoti, ed., Knowledge as
Social Order: Rethinking the Sociology of Barry Barnes. London: Ashgate, [E-Reserve]
b. ]asanoff, S. (1996) ’Beyond Epistemology: Relativism and Engagement in the Politics
of Science.’ Social Studies of Science 26(2): 393-418.
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Wow, that's a start at least! How did you get it out?

Yes please if you can!

Looking at the document info in Foxit Reader it started life as DOC file, wonder if I can just get a copy of that from the Lovely Doctor.

I was planning on doing it and my Acrobat updated and fucked itself all up.  So once I get it sorted I'll try.  Either way, either here at work or at home I will see about getting it converted.

Ta chuck!

I don't know what chuck means?

Is Edinburgh the uni that did the Pi?

No, that was a spin-off from Cambridge I believe.

Got it!

Legend! Thank you!

What did you use? And did you get the weird copying problem before converting it?

Just used Acrobat Pro 11. Didn't try anything else but it didn't give me any issues.

Yay, so glad it worked. Now I have to read all that shit :'(