Cftextarea pdf copy/paste line breaks

When I copy and paste from a pdf into cftextarea using the Paste as Word or Paste as Plain Text features, it adds line breaks to each line. Has anyone had experience with this and know how to remove those extra line breaks at the time of pasting the text?
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Thanks, CtDave for the response. To follow up on your comment I've discovered a few things from this thread:copying from pdf comes out in single column
This problem primarily happens when exporting/saving a PDF using Apple's native PDF processor, "Quartz," meaning whenever you use iWorks Pages, MS Word for Mac, or save a PDF via the Print dialogue, it will result in a PDF that doesn't comply to the standards CtDave outlined (presumably). One can mitigate this problem by opening the PDF in Preview vs. Adobe Reader or Acrobat—copy and pasting should work if its all in the Apple universe.
Obviously thats not practical if one intends on producing documents for the masses. Alternatively, creating documents in Indesign would mitigate that problem but that involves expertise outside of traditional word processing.
Thats all I got for now.
Thanks,

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