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From: Nick Naym on 17 Feb 2010 04:12 In article emteedee-7B599F.19561617022010(a)feeder.eternal-september.org, Mike Dee at emteedee(a)emteedee.invalid wrote on 2/17/10 3:56 AM: > In article <C7A0ECC0.534A1%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > >> In article everyday-A0F5D8.21334716022010(a)news.eternal-september.org, Gerry >> at everyday(a)sunrise.net wrote on 2/17/10 12:33 AM: >> >>> In article <C7A0E1DF.53496%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, >>> Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: >>> >>>> I've downloaded a long book that was broken down into 26 separate >>>> chapters, each with many pages, all in PDF format. It's all legal, >>>> and easy to view chapter-by-chapter on my Mac. But I can't combine >>>> the chapters into a single file... >>> >>> What is the title of the book and the source where it was obtained? >>> >>> It would be easier to help if we had access to the same files as you. >> >> Here's the link: http://is.gd/8yAiq > > PDFLab will do it for you easily At first glance, it seems that it will _not_ enable me to unlock the document, as I don't have the "owner password." But I'll take a closer look at it in the morning. > (as long as your OS isn't Snow Leopard > (10.6) in which PDFLab is broken). > <http://www.iconus.ch/fabien/products/pleng/pleng.html> > > Its a freeware, or "donationware", despite the PayPal "Buy Now" button > on the above page link. -- iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) � OS X (10.5.8)
From: Mike Dee on 17 Feb 2010 04:41 In article <C7A11D30.534CD%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > > PDFLab will do it for you easily > > At first glance, it seems that it will _not_ enable me to unlock the > document, as I don't have the "owner password." But I'll take a closer look > at it in the morning. Just try it at its default settings, drag the chapters onto PDFLab, rearrange them to suit and click the Create PDF button. You don't need to "unlock" any PDF beforehand. You should find that it takes approx 30 seconds to build a 700 - 800 page PDF file. -- dee
From: J.J. O'Shea on 17 Feb 2010 06:18 On Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:32:32 -0500, Nick Naym wrote (in article <C7A0E9A0.5349D%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>): > In article doraymeRidThis-52DB59.16223117022010(a)news.albasani.net, dorayme > at doraymeRidThis(a)optusnet.com.au wrote on 2/17/10 12:22 AM: > >> In article >> <C7A0E1DF.53496%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, >> Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: >> >>> I've downloaded a long book that was broken down into 26 separate chapters, >>> each with many pages, all in PDF format. It's all legal, and easy to view >>> chapter-by-chapter on my Mac. But I can't combine the chapters into a >>> single >>> file, nor print any page -- everything is password protected. >>> >>> I'm aware that there are shareware products for unlocking PDF files. I was >>> wondering if anyone knows of open source software -- or, perhaps, simple >>> techniques -- that can be used to achieve the same results? >> >> Put just two of the shortest chapters up on a server from all the >> ones you have on your home machine. And we might see what we can >> do. > > > Do you also do standup comedy? > She would, if only she had the talent. Unfortunately (for all of us) she's not funny. Even more unfortunately, she doesn't know it. -- email to oshea dot j dot j at gmail dot com.
From: gtr on 17 Feb 2010 10:12 On 2010-02-17 00:40:42 -0800, Nick Naym said: > In article sdfisher-A5C2C4.22582616022010(a)mara100-84.onlink.net, Steven > Fisher at sdfisher(a)spamcop.net wrote on 2/17/10 1:58 AM: > >> In article <C7A0E1DF.53496%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, >> Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: >> >>> I'm aware that there are shareware products for unlocking PDF files. I was >>> wondering if anyone knows of open source software -- or, perhaps, simple >>> techniques -- that can be used to achieve the same results? >> >> If you have an old install of Mac OS X on another computer, I found for >> one set of documents I was able to open, unlock and just print to a new >> PDF to remove the encryption. The route is disabled on newer versions of >> Mac OS X, though. > > Huh? "Old install?" Pre-Snow Leopard -- Thank you and have a nice day.
From: Nick Naym on 17 Feb 2010 10:59
In article emteedee-2D7BDF.20414617022010(a)feeder.eternal-september.org, Mike Dee at emteedee(a)emteedee.invalid wrote on 2/17/10 4:41 AM: > In article <C7A11D30.534CD%nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid>, > Nick Naym <nicknaym@_remove_this_gmail.com.invalid> wrote: > >>> PDFLab will do it for you easily >> >> At first glance, it seems that it will _not_ enable me to unlock the >> document, as I don't have the "owner password." But I'll take a closer look >> at it in the morning. > > Just try it at its default settings, drag the chapters onto PDFLab, > rearrange them to suit and click the Create PDF button. You don't need > to "unlock" any PDF beforehand. > > You should find that it takes approx 30 seconds to build a 700 - 800 > page PDF file. Well, there's something wrong: Any attempt to even add a document onto PDFLab causes it to quit after a couple of seconds. I then get a "The application PDFLab quit unexpectedly" message, which allows me the option to Relaunch. Relaunching and trying again also results in the application quitting, this time generating a "Do you want to reset application settings for PDF Lab?" message, which offers a "Reset and relaunch" option, indicating that this option "may fix the problem." However, it doesn't: The problem continues. At first I though it might be somehow related to the fact that the files I was adding were themselves "locked" PDF files, but when I tried it with a few "ordinary" PDF files, the same thing happened. Rebooting didn't help. Trashing the app and its plist and reinstalling it (not that there's much "installation" involved) didn't help either. Very frustrating. :( -- iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) � OS X (10.5.8) |