On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 09:25:19PM -0500, David Hobby wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > in birthrate) [pg 512; this is a pdf file and I was unable to > > copy the paragraphs I wanted - I'm sure I will be quite chagrined > > when someone points out to me the simple way of doing this <sigh> > > (instead of highlighting the text I wanted, mouseclicking made the > > hand symbol move the 'page,' and I couldn't disable the 'hand' at > > the toolbar) :P ]: > > A simple way? I don't count buying a real copy of Adobe > Acrobat simple. There is free software to recover text from > .pdf files (if they are not scanned in). I've used it, but it > removes most of the formatting too. Here's a web-based program: > http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html > > If there's a better way, I'd like to know too.
Acrobat Reader has a "text select tool" in the icon bar. Just select, then drag the text and copy. (The "T" icon can let you select a text select tool, a column select tool, or a graphics select tool, the choice pops up if you click on it in the right way, but I think the text select tool should be the one that is there by default) -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
