Dear Jacob I have just tried it again and a 13 page pdf file worked fine. I also got 0% but then instantly the MS Doc Writer printer interface which allowed me to save the tif file into my documents.
I suspect that what might be going on with the file you are trying is that it has been print disabled but cannot confirm this. Unfortunately if PDF documents are print disabled this method will not work. This would explain the error message you are getting. If you want to send the file to me off list at [email protected] I will see if it works this end. 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 Jacob Kruger Sent: Tuesday, 07 April 2009 08:09 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] converting a graphical .pdf file I just tried this with a large PDF file been meaning to look into for a while, and while I select the MS document image writer, it initially says 0%, and then I just get 2 dialogues from acrobat itsself telling me nothing has been selected - even if I tell it all pages/current page - and then another one telling me it can't be printed? This is with reader 9.0 and office 2003 installed. Alternatively, if I try out Jamal's PDFToTxt, it takes rather a long while to process it, and doesn't render too much text which means that the quality probably isn't too good, but that shouldn't affect the image writer printing. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Griffith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 11:26 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] converting a graphical .pdf file > 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] > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 3991 (20090407) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > > 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]
