Problem with scrubbing line breaks from text copied from PDF...

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sannpeterson

7 discussion posts

Help please, this is driving me crazy! I can't figure out how to configure the action settings so that I can remove the line breaks but replace them with a space. Otherwise, I have to go back and individually edit the words that get mashed together where the line break used to be. Thank youuu

Jul 17, 2017 • #1

I put together a Macro that should do what you need and attached it to this post. Here's what you need to do to get it working in ClipboardFusion:

Download the file attached to this post
Open the ClipboardFusion Settings window
On the "Macros" tab, click the "Import" button
Select the file you downloaded in the first step
In the window that pops up, you can review the code and assign the Macro a HotKey
Click OK to close the Macro Edit window, then OK again to save and apply your changes

I hope this works for you!

• Attachment: Replace Newline with Space.cfmacro [4,770 bytes]

Jul 19, 2017 • #2

Gökhan Tolun

5 discussion posts

Hi,
I downloaded this and added it into a trigger for Acrobat.
However, it does not work as intended.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
GT

• Attachment [protected]: ClipboardFusion_Screenshot 2021-05-15 151913.png [37,399 bytes]

May 15, 2021 • #3

Hello,

Does it work if you use it on any other applications besides Adobe?

Thanks!

May 17, 2021 • #4

Gökhan Tolun

5 discussion posts

It shouldn't, since I added a requirement for detecting the acrobat DC application.

In case you are asking if I tried selecting another executable as a part of trigger detection, the answer is no, as I have no other apps I need this for.

I have also tried selecting the option for stopping the execution of the rest, but that also did not make a difference (i.e., still did not work).

May 22, 2021 (modified May 22, 2021) • #5

Gökhan Tolun

5 discussion posts

I have now tried setting up a hot-key combination for this macro, instead of adding it as a trigger detected for Acrobat, and that works.

However, it'd be nice if this (replace the new line character [paragraph or line-break] with a space) may be added as a built-in feature that can be ticked on like the other ones in there, as I suspect this to be a commonly needed one.

Also: it is possible to get a version of the macro that may work as a part of a triggered action (upon detection of Acrobat)?

May 22, 2021 (modified May 22, 2021) • #6

Hello,

Strange, do you get a notification that the trigger is firing when you have that script attached?

Thanks!

May 27, 2021 • #7