(pdf,ps,dvi) -- (rtf, doc) What's the best route?

2003-12-15 Thread Antonio Rodr
I am trying to convert some pure text pdf file of a spanish text to doc for a friend, (he needs to annotate it) but I can't find the rut. I've tried several ways, but I am stucked either way at the same spot: 1. pstptext, open with abiword, save as doc. 2. open pdf with xpdf, highlight text and

Re: (pdf,ps,dvi) -- (rtf, doc) What's the best route?

2003-12-15 Thread Johann Spies
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 05:31:50AM -0500, Antonio Rodr wrote: I am trying to convert some pure text pdf file of a spanish text to doc for a friend, (he needs to annotate it) but I can't find the rut. I've tried several ways, but I am stucked either way at the same spot: 1. pstptext, open

Re: (pdf,ps,dvi) -- (rtf, doc) What's the best route?

2003-12-15 Thread Antonio Rodr
On Mon, 15 Dec 2003 05:31:50 -0500 Antonio Rodr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to convert some pure text pdf file of a spanish text to doc for a friend, (he needs to annotate it) but I can't find the rut. I've tried several ways, but I am stucked either way at the same spot: 1.

Re: (pdf,ps,dvi) -- (rtf, doc) What's the best route?

2003-12-15 Thread J.H.M. Dassen (Ray)
On Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 05:31:50 -0500, Antonio Rodr wrote: I am trying to convert some pure text pdf file of a spanish text to doc for a friend, Well, in both cases the problem is the existence of accented letters and other non english characters in the text. With catdvi you have control

Re: (pdf,ps,dvi) -- (rtf, doc) What's the best route?

2003-12-15 Thread Antonio RodrX
Did you try pdftotext? It is part of the xpdf-package. If you can get the source (tex/Latex) code of the document, you can use Hevea to create a .html or .txt version. I just tried pdftotext, but there is a problem with the encoding that is giving me trouble, and I don't know how to

Re: (pdf,ps,dvi) -- (rtf, doc) What's the best route?

2003-12-15 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Dec 15, 2003 at 05:31:50AM -0500, Antonio Rodr ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I am trying to convert some pure text pdf file of a spanish text to doc for a friend, (he needs to annotate it) but I can't find the rut. I've tried several ways, but I am stucked either way at the same spot: 1.