[Libreoffice-ux-advise] [Bug 117428] add an option to PDF export dialog to do ActualText per word

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117428

--- Comment #9 from Khaled Hosny <khaledhosny at eglug.org> ---
(In reply to Heiko Tietze from comment #8)
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> (In reply to Khaled Hosny from comment #4)
> > 2) What exact wording to use, /ActualText is a jargon
> "Export raw text", "Export actual text", "Export source"...

We do export the text already, but using a clever algorithm that minimizes file
size impact and keeps individual characters selectable (as much as possible),
but it fails in minor ways with some readers second guessing us and inserting
random spaces in the middle of the word. They keyword for the proposed changes
is “per word”, the new option would skip the algorithm and tags the glyphs if
each word with it's text, as a complete unit. This fixes the issue, but
introduces a new one; you can no longer select parts of the word, it is now a
single unit. The option text needs to relay some of this to the user.

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