To all, I just want to restate what I posted back in February that ABBY PDF Transformer did the trick! I'm now 43 parts list assemblies into this several-hundred-page parts book and I wouldn't be this far without Steve's advice and ABBY Pdf Transformer.
Thanks again, Steve! -- Kenpo in Atlanta >Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:49:57 -0800 (PST) >From: Ken Poshedly <poshedly at bellsouth.net> >Subject: Fw: One problem down, one new one comes up >To: FrameMaker Users List <framers at lists.frameusers.com> > >Just to let all of you know that a suggestion by Simon North about >ABBY PDF Transformer seems to be the answer to my problem about an >"uncooperative" pdf file described below. > >Simon sent me a Word file resulting from a one-page sample pdf file >I sent him, and it was just great. The review on C-Net is only >so-so, but if it does what I need, tough. Let's hear one for Simon! > >-- Kenpo in Atlanta > > > >________________________________ > >-----Original Message----- >From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com >[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of Ken Poshedly >Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 9:59 AM >To: FrameMaker Users List >Subject: One problem down, one new one comes up > >(stuff snipped) > >New head-scratcher. But first -- Windows Vista platform with Adobe >FrameMaker 8.0 and Adobe Acrobat Professional 9.0. > >Unfortunately, the English-language source materials I get from our home >office in China are pdf files produced by third parties; the culture there >allows the third party to keep all native files and deliver ONLY the pdf >files (and maybe printed copies if so stipulated). This is akin to wedding >photographers here retaining possession of their negatives (are they still >used?) but deliver only a nice album with prints. > >The only times I've been able to somehow get an English-language Word file >was apparently before the project was jobbed out, so the subsequent pdf file >I might get is markedly different. > >As usual, I've inherited a white elephant, specifically this time a 416-page >pdf parts book which I need to heavily edit into the format used we use here >at the U.S. offices of the home company. The problem is that the pdf file >was created in China to somehow partially (note the word "partially") >prevent one from "saving as" or exporting any of the pages into Word or rtf >pages that can be imported into FrameMaker and then massaged via >FrameMaker's Table Designer into the approved table format I need. And yes, >I've tried the Acrobat OCR tool with no success. > >(remainder snipped) >_______________________________________________ > > >You are currently subscribed to Framers as poshedly at bellsouth.net. > >Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >or visit >http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/poshedly%40bellsouth.net > >Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
