If it's an OCR program you are after, you might try _*FreeOCR*_. I just downloaded it and am going to test it. From all the reports it should work as well as any. Nitro is making a couple products that might do the trick at a lot less cost than adobe Check out Nitro PDF reader.
Chuck On 12/13/2010 7:50 AM, Jan Greeff wrote: > Sorry I did not follow this discussion from the start but what is the > issue? > > I have been copy/pasting text into my Legacy family tree for years, no > problem.  > Jan Greeff > Posbus 4181 > Barberton 1300 > Tel 013 712 2436 Faks 086 659 7704 > Skype jan.greeff > Gesondheid sonder grense:www.verslank.net > Inkomste wat aanhou:http://www.BeMotivatedToday.com/9441 > > On 13/12/2010 15:08, Ron Ferguson wrote: >> Jenny, >> >> Sorry for the long delay in answering, I was unsure which computer I had it >> on since I have not used it since May, and I've had a bug which is doing the >> rounds here and it just about laid me up for a week. >> >> However, I'm afraid it's no longer there on any machine, and I cannot >> remember its name; I am pretty sure it wasn't FIRe-text. I have also >> searched the Add-ons and Plug-ins for Firefox without any luck. Funnily >> enough I was talking to another genealogist at one of the fairs just after >> using it, and without prompting from me, he also recommended it! >> >> I will have another search, but am not optimistic! >> >> Ron Ferguson >> http://www.fergys.co.uk/ >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jenny M Benson >> Sent: Saturday, December 11, 2010 12:41 PM >> To:LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com >> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] Copying Text into a Legacy Note >> >> On 11/12/2010 11:31, Ron Ferguson wrote: >>> Have you tried the Firefox OCR add-on, it is, in my experience the best >>> (cheap, actually it’s free) one around. >> Do you mean FIRe-text? V useful, but not actually OCR software. >> > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
