If you have Microsoft Office you can print to Microsoft Document Image Writer. Simply print the file in Adobe Reader but change the printer to Microsoft Document Image Writer. This will allow you to create a file with a tif extension. Now open Microsoft Office document Imaging and open the tiff file you have created. You will find this application under the Tools menu of the Microsoft Office menus in Programs on the start menu.
Now go to the Tools menu and select Send Text to Word. You will get a message saying that OCR needs to be performed. Let the application do this. Press enter again to confirm that you want to send all pages. Word will open with the text from the PDF graphics file. By the way the OCR is usually excellent . Regards David Griffith My Low Vision Resources Web Site is http://www.nonags.org/members/dajgriff/ -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of DoubleLegal Sent: Monday, 06 April 2009 21:52 To: Blind Computer Users Subject: [Blind-Computing] converting a graphical .pdf file Hello everyone, Is there a way to convert a graphical .pdf file to something that JAWS can read? I have been sent a 150 page .pdf file that is very important, but they just scanned the documents. I could just print them all out and then scan them myself, but that would take a lot of time and a lot of paper and ink. I'm hoping that I can do it all on the computer. Thanks for any help. Ken Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [email protected] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [email protected] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [email protected] Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [email protected] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [email protected] Use the following address in order to contact the management team [email protected] If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [email protected]
