I don't believe they're image format PDFs (as others have pointed out). I do understand the limitations of cut-and-pasted from the IBM PDFs. What I don't understand is what the OP is trying to accomplish that cannot be accomplished with the resources available. I may be dense, but the sentence "I can't very well access that file [a Web page] from a DVD or CD-ROM" does not make sense to me. I don't know how you access anything from a DVD. I'm trying to help the OP achieve his goals.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 5:57 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Bookshelves under BookMangler > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Mills > Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 8:17 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Bookshelves under BookMangler > > > I can't very well access that file from a DVD or CD-ROM > > I don't know what that means. Can you be more specific? > You're sitting at a > PC(?) that is connected to the Internet(?). You need data > that you can cut > and paste into a ___ (?). > > Charles Due to the way that IBM has generated the PDF, you cannot cut from it. Apparently it is an image type PDF, not a text PDF. This may explain IBM's apparent discontinuing of bookmanager books. You can cut from them. Which IBM might think contributes to possible copyright violation. So the image format PDF is a form of DRM. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
