Bug 409507

Summary:	Export highlighted text to plaintext file
Product:	[Applications] okular	Reporter:	eemantsal <infmtk>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Okular developers <okular-devel>
Status:	REPORTED ---
Severity:	wishlist	CC:	yurchor
Priority:	NOR
Version:	1.7.2
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Gentoo Packages
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Attachments:	Okular, highlighted text

Description eemantsal 2019-07-04 20:44:13 UTC

When one has a lot of highlighted lines in a big Epub, PDF, etc, document, being able to export them to a simple txt, or maybe markdown (in case one wants to keep format for titles, bullets, etc), would be a great way to have résumés, summaries, guides for presentations, talks, etc, without having to copy & paste hundreds of times. When you have a 400 pages document is a real PITA, just exporting would make life much more beautiful.

Comment 1 Yuri Chornoivan 2019-07-04 20:49:43 UTC

It is easy to copy all text right now with Ctrl+A then right-click and select "Copy text".

Would it be an appropriate solution for you?

Comment 2 eemantsal 2019-07-05 15:29:51 UTC

Created attachment 121337 [details]
Okular, highlighted text

Comment 3 eemantsal 2019-07-05 15:30:28 UTC

I was referring to the highlighted text. That text you mark using the highlighter tool in Okular. Perhaps isn't called "highlighter" in english: the tool you get pressing F6 and then 4. Sorry if I didn't explain myself better in my first comment.

Since an image is word 1000 words, I'm attaching a screenshot of a real use case. I hope it avoids misunderstantdengs. Thanks for you good will though.