Preview, Markup, and Cyrillic

Question

I think I've discovered an odd bug in Preview's new markup feature. If a PDF in Cyrillic is highlighted using Preview's markup tool and then saved, subsequently text cannot be copied properly from the document -- it shows up as symbols in the clipboard. (The original document's text can be copied without problems.) Adobe Reader puts the same junk in the clipboard too. You can copy anywhere from the text -- not just the marked up portion. I've tried this on several documents that have different fonts.
I've had no other troubles with Cyrillic in Leopard yet, but this has stumped me. Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Answer 1

DDDS wrote:
I don't know how to create a new user that has reading AND writing permissions. By the way, I've checked out several other pdf files that I open in Preview: Some of them can be marked, and some of them can't! The encryption info from each one states that I can use the mark-up tools.
Could you please explain what you mean by a "local issue" and what you mean by a system issue? And, is there anything I can do about either situation?
Thanks so much.
If you create a new user in System Preferences->Accounts and the problem does not exist with that new user, then the problem is "local" meaning it's related to a specific user account (usually a corrupted .plist) but if the problem exists with the new user, then it's a problem with the OS and not a specific user.
Most files, libraries, etc have their system counterparts and separate versions for each user.
Most issues can be resolved by creating a new user and seeing if the issue occurs with that user.
You can create another admin user or a user with limited ability. I would suggest creating another admin account for the purposes you are interested in. You can simply remove the account once it is determined where the problem is.