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Converting pdf files to Word or .rtf - 3/3/2005 9:22:47
There is an appication that converts pdf documents back to text files
Solid convertor
I tried the demo to convert a pdf that I had received, but because it was a scanned image it didn't work, but it does on unscanned pdfs. I only wanted to do that one page, but as the (free) demo will only do 10% of the orginal pages I added about 20 more pages to the first. You would need pdf creation software to do that though.
The application costs around $50, but it could be a lifesaver when needed.
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Carol
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RE: Converting pdf files to Word or .rtf - 3/3/2005 9:55:28
Thankyou labs, but I have Acrobat 6 and the file in question was a scanned image into pdf. The text is all in the image which has been scanned in skewed. I have religned the image is PSP, but have been on the lookout for something that will deal with text as an image. I could use my OCR software, but it is not worth the effort of loading it.
This stuff may help others though.
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Carol
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RE: Converting pdf files to Word or .rtf - 3/3/2005 11:01:18
i thought that's what OCR did - deal with text as an image ;)
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RE: Converting pdf files to Word or .rtf - 3/3/2005 18:20:20
Yes it does, but I don't have time to go through all the recognition palaver for a document that could be obsolete next week.
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RE: Converting pdf files to Word or .rtf - 3/4/2005 0:35:04
what i mean is i don't see how you could do it other than using OCR in some form or another - whatever software might be able to do the job, that's going to be how it does it. :)
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