When I select text from a pdf the layout is lost. Can I select text and paste to a text editor with leading and trailing spaces and blank lines?

I want to select some lines from a file with the gui but I can demonstrate it with the following file. Decoding the pdf file clearly shows the layout with leading and trailing spaces and a blank line:

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stream
/F1 10 Tf
BT
40 763.07751 Td
0 -11.0775 Td
(Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,) Tj
0 -11.0775 Td
(    consectetur adipiscing ) Tj
0 -11.0775 Td
() Tj
0 -11.0775 Td
(elit. sed do eiusmod) Tj
ET

endstream


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>pdftotext -layout -nopgbrk test.pdf -
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
       consectetur adipiscing

elit. sed do eiusmod

[Select from this code box strips the layout too.]

copy/paste wth okular loses the layout:

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Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet,
consectetur adipiscing
elit. sed do eiusmod

I don't think it's possible in okular. When I need a part, with a certain layout, printed, I use libreoffice for that. That one has an option to save the selection as is.