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From: Eric on 26 Sep 2005 18:31 Foxit 1.3 respects the PDF security settings and won't let you copy text.
From: Sweet Andy on 26 Sep 2005 18:47 "Jeff Needle" <jeff.needle(a)general-net.com> wrote in message news:op.sxp5jbii3r2ov4(a)d9ns6561... > I'm a book reviewer. I received a book with a CD with the text of the > book enclosed, with the files in PDF format. Great stuff, I don't have > retype stuff I want to cite in the review. > > But Adobe won't let me copy text to the clipboard. I can highlight text, > but that's it. Ctrl-c doesn't work. I'm guessing the creator of the CD > set it up so that copying and pasting is not allowed. > > Is there a way around this? Maybe a freeware PDF reader that gets around > the restriction? > > Thanks. > > -- > -------------------------------------- > Jeffrey Needle > jeff.needle(a)gmail.com I use Adobe 6 and if you highlight and right click the txt you want to copy, you can select 'Copy to the clipboard' and the program will do it. Don't believe any versions before 6 do it, though, so you may have to upgrade, but then Adobe Reader is free. I think finally Adobe realized how many people were pissed off at their lack of a copy function and fixed it. Enjoy
From: Jeff Needle on 26 Sep 2005 19:57 On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:45:27 -0700, old jon <ImNotIn(a)ntlworld.com.invalid> wrote: > > "Jeff Needle" <jeff.needle(a)general-net.com> wrote in message > news:op.sxp5jbii3r2ov4(a)d9ns6561... >> I'm a book reviewer. I received a book with a CD with the text of the >> book enclosed, with the files in PDF format. Great stuff, I don't have >> retype stuff I want to cite in the review. >> >> But Adobe won't let me copy text to the clipboard. I can highlight >> text, >> but that's it. Ctrl-c doesn't work. I'm guessing the creator of the CD >> set it up so that copying and pasting is not allowed. >> >> Is there a way around this? Maybe a freeware PDF reader that gets >> around >> the restriction? >> >> Thanks. >> > Acrobat Reader 6 does it on my XP. ?. >> -- >> -------------------------------------- >> Jeffrey Needle >> jeff.needle(a)gmail.com > > The problem, I think, is that when you create a PDF, I think you can make it so that the person reading it cannot copy and paste. This is what they must have done. I was looking for a way around that. -- -------------------------------------- Jeffrey Needle jeff.needle(a)gmail.com
From: Jeff Needle on 26 Sep 2005 19:57 On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:25:48 -0700, Le Loup <adresse(a)invalide.fr> wrote: > Jeff Needle a ?crit : >> I'm a book reviewer. I received a book with a CD with the text of the >> book enclosed, with the files in PDF format. Great stuff, I don't >> have retype stuff I want to cite in the review. >> But Adobe won't let me copy text to the clipboard. I can highlight >> text, but that's it. Ctrl-c doesn't work. I'm guessing the creator >> of the CD set it up so that copying and pasting is not allowed. >> Is there a way around this? > > asking the author or publisher ? > > Cordialement, > Herv? LOTH Yeah, that would be my next step, but I thought if I could find a definite way around it, I could avoid problems in the future. -- -------------------------------------- Jeffrey Needle jeff.needle(a)gmail.com
From: Jeff Needle on 26 Sep 2005 19:59
On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 14:20:40 -0700, <battles1550(a)mailinator.com> wrote: > I think that something else works like right mouse click on text / > click menu item - copy. Try highlighting and using the menu item copy > if present. > Both the "copy" option on the File Menu and the "Copy to Clipboard" options after a right click on the shaded text are grayed out, disabled. -- -------------------------------------- Jeffrey Needle jeff.needle(a)gmail.com |