Hi Lennie, Try the following. I hope you have OpenBook.
Open Book has this capability. When you are in Adobe, use Control P to print. But instead of the default printer, Arro down to, Freedom Import Printer & press enter. When you choose this printer to print to, Open Book will start, scan the pdf file as if it were a paper file in your scanner, and hopefully leave you with readable text. Be patient, it may take a couple minutes for Open Book to boot and start scanning. Hope you have OpenBook & this helped. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Alan Robbins To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011 4:59 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Protection Error in reading a PDF file Lenny Many times PDF files are images rather than text JAWS can read. If you have FS Open Book try opening the Freedom import printer. If you don't the only other suggestion I have is to print, scan, and then read. The later option is a pain but I remember at my last job prior to retiring I had to do that often Al -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Lennie Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2011 6:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Blind-Computing] Protection Error in reading a PDF file Hi, I am using Adobe Reader 9 to read my PDF files. I downloaded a new PDF document today and Jaws said the following message which for some reason is not displayed on the screen. The author set this document security settings in such a way that prevent access. Then Jaws says: Alert: Protection error. This document is 9,924 KB in size so there is data there. Does anyone know a work around for this error so that I can read the document? Any assistance will greatly be appreciated. It is a quick guide manual for a new electronic device that I ordered yesterday and I want to be prepared to use it when I receive it. Thanks. Take care. Lennie For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
