Joanne,
There are at least two kinds of PDF formats. If the file is actually
a picture of something like a bank statement, what is on the paper is
actually a graphic, and it sounds like that's what you have. Some
people have had some success with scanning software but generally
those programs require a lot of cleanup to the scanned file. I run a
transcription business and have had 14 years of experience with such files.
We generally ask the sender to provide us a different format of the
file such as .doc, .rtf, or even .txt. Some of the software out there
now is fairly good, but we have not found it to be reliable enough
for many things because of the varied use of fonts and strange symbols.
The other kind of pdf is one that was created in some sort of
wordprocessor and then made into a pdf. You can tell if the file you
have is one of those by going to your File Menu in Acrobat Reader and
check to see if there is a Save as Text option. You can then save it
as a text file and open it in your preferred wordprocessor.
I have had varying degrees of success with copying a pdf to my
clipboard and pasting it into Word, but if you have a graphic to
start with, that will not help.
There are probably others on this list who are much more versed in
the technical workings of all of this, and I sure hope they have some
suggestions for you that I can use.
Betsy
At 01:02 AM 5/2/2010, you wrote:
Some of my very important documents have been sent to me from places
like banks and legal places, but they are in picture PDF form. I
did look on the programs page and thought the PDF to OCR would be
perfect, but when extracted it shows a list of 8 things and I have
no idea what any of these items does. There isn't a help file, and
there doesn't seem to be menus for conversion or places where you
can select a PDF file and folder to browse, etc. I don't even see
it in programs in start menu or on desktop. It simply unzips
unrecognizable folders but I don't feel it's completely installed.
If someone has a solution for this or even another easier program so
Jaws can read these image files, please let me know.
Thanks.
Joanne
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