Copy-and-paste from FrameMaker PDF to text editor, preserving leading spaces?

[Shlomo Perets]

Guy,

You wrote:

>If I create a document in FrameMaker, and it contains some blocks of
>sample code...
>
>and the code indents blocks for readability...
>
>and I want the reader to be able to copy from the code material and
>paste into a Plain Old Text Editor...
>
>is there any way you know of to do this in a manner that will retain the
>indentions? ...

The only way that I know of is to embed the original code blocks (with the 
required tabs/spaces) as text file annotations in the PDF; these can be 
opened in Acrobat/Reader 6 or higher in the original form.

For more info/examples, see "Code Fragments: What You See vs. What You Get"
http://www.microtype.com/homeHmmm.html


Shlomo Perets

MicroType, http://www.microtype.com
Training, consulting & add-ons: FrameMaker, Structured FM and Acrobat