GeneralText not selectable in PDF Output

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21did21
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Text not selectable in PDF Output

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hello world !

i use texmaker to compil my pdf (picture in ps, so the compilation is ps=>DVI=>PDF)

my pdf is good except for one think:

=> i can't select the text

when i try to select one word (to copy and paste for example) the pdf bugg :(
for example my word disappear or all the text is selected

ps: i have send this pdf to some friends and for us they have to same problem only with my PDF...

do you know how i can correct this ?

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Stefan Kottwitz
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Text not selectable in PDF Output

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Hi,

you could use pdfLaTeX, which has some further benefits, also with .ps pictures. Include the epstopdf package for on-the-fly conversion of ps pictures:

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\usepackage{epstopdf}
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