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From: [audiogalaxy] on 27 Sep 2005 04:50 Eric wrote: > Foxit 1.3 respects the PDF security settings and won't let you copy > text. and what about previous versions? :)
From: David on 27 Sep 2005 10:41 On Mon, 26 Sep 2005 15:47:42 -0700, "Sweet Andy" <me(a)privacy.net> typed furiously: > >"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 > I use V5 which has that function. As far as I am aware all versions of Reader are able to copy text or graphics to the clipboard. The OP however has explained that, in this case, the file is protected from such actions. -- David Remove "farook" to reply At the bottom of the application where it says "sign here". I put "Sagittarius"
From: Jeff Needle on 27 Sep 2005 12:20 >> >> While searching the web for help, I found a weak but usable program that >> converts PDF files to plain text. It was a mess--missing characters, >> words running together, inability to convert more than one page at a >> time. >> >> I did have a bit of a genius moment -- why not open the PDF in a good >> word >> processor, and cut and paste it from there. I know some of them have >> conversion. I use WordPerfect 12. It doesn't seem to have an ability >> to >> read a PDF file. I searched for a freeware word processor that would do >> it, but to no avail. >> >> Anyway, thanks for the thought. > > Another thought - Ghostscript / GSview will open pdf files and > has a 'text extract' function. I suspect that it would not be too > fussy over copy protection :-) > > GC That's a good possibility. I'll give it a try. Thanks. -- -------------------------------------- Jeffrey Needle jeff.needle(a)gmail.com
From: Jeff Needle on 27 Sep 2005 12:20 On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 01:50:17 -0700, [audiogalaxy] <audiogalaxy(a)indirizzononvalido.invalid> wrote: > Eric wrote: >> Foxit 1.3 respects the PDF security settings and won't let you copy >> text. > > and what about previous versions? > > :) > I don't know -- anyone else? > > -- -------------------------------------- Jeffrey Needle jeff.needle(a)gmail.com
From: Jeff Needle on 27 Sep 2005 12:21
On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 06:30:19 -0700, Arne Anka <me(a)arneanka.invalid> wrote: > I alt.comp.freeware, sa PDFrank utan att t?nka f?rst: > >> Download the free Foxit PDF Editor. It doesn't seem to care if the PDF >> is copy protected. Unless the program's been changed. > > With a pricetag of US$99 it's *not* free! > Yes, the editor is not free, but the viewer is. And it's really quite nice! -- -------------------------------------- Jeffrey Needle jeff.needle(a)gmail.com |