Why does copied text break lines in the wrong places?
A PDF does not store paragraphs the way a document does — it stores lines positioned on a page. Copy the text and you copy the line endings too, so a single sentence arrives chopped into four pieces. The same thing happens with some email clients and e-book readers. The fix is mechanical: single line breaks are usually fake joins and should become spaces, while double breaks (blank lines) mark real paragraphs. That is exactly what the default mode above does.
How to use it
- Paste the broken text.
- Keep the default mode unless you truly want one solid block (choose "join everything") or breaks deleted with no space at all.
- Copy the joined text back into your document.
Frequently asked questions
Will it join words that were split by a hyphen at a line end?
No — hyphenated splits are left exactly as they are, because in most documents they are real compound words. Check the few hyphenated line-ends by eye after joining.
What if my text is a list, not paragraphs?
Then line breaks are the structure — do not remove them. This tool is for prose that was broken by copying.