in acrobat reader for the Mac, you can save as text. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Bresnahan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS X by theblind" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 10:11 PM Subject: Re: PDF to TXT?
Hi, I tend to use acrobat reader to view my pdf's rather than preview. You should be able to select all in acrobat and then copy the text to any text app like text edit. Best, Scott >Hi all, > >I was just wondering if there was a way to convert PDF documents >into TXT? The PDF document I have here, the new GraphicAudio catalog >of books, is, for some reason, making preview crash. Granted it has >pictures and all that, but all I need is the text from it and I'm >set, but the annoying thing is it seems to be one book per page, and >when every time I try to go to a different page preview crashes. So, >it'd be awesome to convert PDF into TXT, and than from there convert >it into audio. > >Also, due to me having to reformat my Mac and me loosing all of my >bookmarks, where can I get all of Tims scripts at such as Text to >Audio, not sure who made that one, someday I'll learn and figure out >how to do it myself but until then... > > >Thanks for any help, > > > >Orin >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype: orin1112 > >Do you like mudding? To discuss related topics, go here. >http://www.tbmic.jiglu.com > >Do you like audio books? Would you like to hear them with enritching >sound, music and acting? Stop reading books from the NLS, and go to >http://www.graphicaudio.net, you'll be glad you did. I don't work >there, but I love them so much I have to advertise them in every >email I send. -- --Scott
