Can't cut and paste chinese characters

I've always been able to copy chinese characters from pdfs and other documents and paste them into word or powerpoint or wenlin etc. Suddenly the characters do not copy and paste. I get little boxes or other dingbats. I tried changing the font etc. but nothing works. Is this due to an update on the OS? How do I solve it?
Thanks
Sharon

Sharon Weizenbaum wrote:
I've always been able to copy chinese characters from pdfs and other documents and paste them into word or powerpoint or wenlin etc. Suddenly the characters do not copy and paste. I get little boxes or other dingbats.
PDF format is very different from most other docs, in that you cannot rely on copy/paste for non-Latin scripts. Try Adobe Reader instead of Preview (or Vice Versa) or try different pdfs. Send me an example of one that does not work if you like (tom at bluesky dot org).
What other format doc is not working for chinese copy/paste for you?

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