word preserving html

[John Jack]

Another point about the underlying html (Sorry!)

In some HTML outputs spans are placed between words.

An example of this is in page 1 of the attached PDF:

" and game theory for decades (1). In fact, "

Copying and pasting from a PDF viewer results in the correct text indicating spaces are there in the original and are in the correct place.

I understand why PDF2HTMLEX puts spans in (to preserve exact pixel perfect spacing between words / glyphs).

but is there a way to preserve individual words instead presumably at the expense of exact representation?