On Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:37:53 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
> Hello:
> Does anyone know of a free DOS program that will convert
> PDF files to text?
> I have a PDF "viewer" thingy installed in my Arachne which
> enables me to view a PDF file in the Arachne editor screen
> as though it were text, but I am unable to save it as a
> text file by pressing F2.
> What I am looking for is an outright simple converter
> program for DOS. Any ideas?
Xpdf will convert it to text only.
http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
Ghost script will do the whole thing "graphics and all".
(this is one of many D/L sites)
http://www2.physik.uni-greifswald.de/~ftp/dos-win/ghostscr.ipt/
(AFAIK, v5.03 is the last one for DOS)
Glenn
http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/
http://www.delorie.com/listserv/mime/
http://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/download.htm
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