Hi JP, I'm not sure whether anything has changed with the documentation other than the obvious additional information. I doubt anything has truly changed in the way the files the files are authored. Also, I don't use Lion so I'm not aware of any particular changes to Preview. The Continuous setting is necessary because otherwise you'd be selecting the text from only one page at a time. The PNG files are probably images. The fact that those are being pasted in would normally be a good thing for people but in this case I understand that it's distracting. I don't know of any better solution for now. It seems that reading in Preview might be the simplest solution as long as one doesn't intend on going back and forth between Pro Tools and the same paragraph in the manual.
Cheers, Slau On Mar 29, 2012, at 6:06 AM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: > Dear Slau. > I have problems converting The new ProTools documentation to a simple text > file. I don't know if these problems are due to the new documentation itself > or two something new in lion. > 1, in preview now, continuous and single page are mutually exclusive so I > don't know which one to use. > 2, pressing command A to select all text doesn't always work, sometimes, I > get an error beep but I don't know in which circumstances. > 3, Then, when I actually succeed in copying and pasting into text edit, the > result is full of things text edit refers to as PNG files, which unpleasantly > get in the way when reading the text. > Maybe, text edit is not the best solution, what do you think? Are there other > settings and preview I should change? > Thanks very much for your help. > Cheers, > JPR > What happens is that, once converted, > http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel > http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Slau Halatyn > To: [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2012 5:10 PM > Subject: Re: reading PT's documentation > > Open the pdf in Preview, set the View option to "Single Page Continuous," > select the Text Tool from the Tools menu, select all text and copy it to any > text editor. > > HTH, > > Slau > > On Mar 28, 2012, at 7:57 AM, Steve Martin wrote: > >> I have the PT 10 manual converted to RTF if anyone wants it drop me an email >> off list requesting it as its too large of an attachment to send to the >> list. I should be able to convert the PT 9 manual as well if there is >> enough demand. That being said I used Kurzweil to do the conversion of the >> manual since i have it installed on my work laptop. Does anyone know of a >> utility for doing the same on the mac, that is free or inexpensive, and >> accessible? Yeah i am aware there is DocuScanPlus and i do plan on picking >> it up at some point, but there is gotta be away to get that functionality >> without spending $300 upfront. >> >> On Mar 27, 2012, at 8:56 AM, Slau Halatyn <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hey JP, >>> >>> The quirky thing about Preview is that, if you switch applications and come >>> back to it, you'll be thrown back up to the top of the page. For this >>> reason, perhaps it's better to export a text file and read in that manner. >>> That said, I've always been a proponent of reading through the manual at >>> least twice: once from beginning to end without stopping and the second >>> time with Pro Tools in front of you while stopping to try some of the >>> things that are being described. >>> >>> HTH, >>> >>> Slau >>> >>> On Mar 25, 2012, at 12:02 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: >>> >>>> Hi friends, >>>> I have to confess, I haven't done so much with pro tools since I got it. >>>> The reason is too much work with sonar and not enough time for >>>> experimenting. >>>> I'm going to start an intensive reading of ProTools manual now. That's why >>>> I need advice from you. What do you think is the most comfortable way of >>>> reading it? Is it best to convert PDF to RTF And use text edit? Or is >>>> preview blind user friendly enough? >>>> What are the best settings in preview then? >>>> Thanks for your help, >>>> Cheers, >>>> JPR >>>> >>>> http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel >>>> http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: Slau Halatyn >>>> To: [email protected] >>>> Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2011 10:32 PM >>>> Subject: Re: reading PT's documentation >>>> >>>> Hey JP, >>>> >>>> Open the file in Preview. Make sure the view is continuous and single page. >>>> Select the text Tool with Command-2. >>>> Select all with Command-a and Copy all with Command-c. >>>> Open Text Edit and paste. You'll be able to read through this text >>>> document easily. >>>> >>>> HTH, >>>> >>>> Slau >>>> >>>> On Aug 4, 2011, at 4:01 PM, Jean-Philippe Rykiel wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi friends, >>>>> Before starting to use PT, and being already familiar with Sonar, I >>>>> figured that the first thing I should read to get me running is the PT >>>>> shortcut's doc. But I'd like some advice about this. >>>>> But most of all, I'm having a hard time with PDF documents understanding >>>>> their structure and actually reading them efficiently. >>>>> Is there maybe a software to convert PDF file into simple text? >>>>> thanks for your help. >>>>> JPR >>>>> >>>>>> http://www.facebook.com/jprykiel >>>>>> http://myspace.com/jeanphilipperykiel >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> > >
