Hi all Here is a link to PDFPen, there is a free trial version if anyone wants to experiment and try it out first
http://www.smileonmymac.com/PDFpen/index.html Terry Irvine CA On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 5:55 AM, Andrew King <[email protected]> wrote: > > > There's a program called pdf2text but I don't know if you can find it. > > It is in Linux and has probably been ported to osX. > > > > Of course, not all formatting is preserved. Sort of like AntiWord. > > > > I'll have a look around for pdf2txt, maybe someone has come up with a > OSX version by now. > > > > > Try IRIScan. It takes PDF reads it using OCR and converts it to text. Or > > PDFPen from Smith Micro. I may have a spare copy of IRIScan available > since > > I bought a scanner and don't need OCR software. LMK > > Terry > > Irvine CA 92612 > > > > That sounds promising Terry, contact me off line if you can find a copy. > > > > first...have you tried simply selecting the text from the PDF and > > pasting it into TextEdit? > > That works but the doc is near 40 pages. > I have this fond belief that I can find some software, install it and > figure out how to use it in less time than it would take to cut and > paste 40 pages. > Of course I may already have spent more time poking around for a > program than it would have taken to just cut, past and clean up but > where's the fun in that? > > Thanks to all > > Andrew in Ann Arbor > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Books, a group for those using G3 iBooks and PowerBooks (we run a separate list for G4 'Books). The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g-books Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
