The way to deal with image only pdfs is to use a service I I found at http://www.onlineocr.net
You can find my youtube video I did here. In fact the devs loved the thing so much I got some free creds. lol! And normally my videos suck. lol! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RgFyG6LciRs Tc all.On Jul 22, 2013, at 4:04 PM, Mary Otten <motte...@gmail.com> wrote: > Josh, > I'm sorry, but how do you read tables in pdf documents and how do you deal > with those pdf documents you receive which are image onkly? The problem with > expecting pdf docs to be properly tagged is that the huge majority of them > are not, because people don't know anything about tagging pdf documents. If > you get good results with preview and pdf, more power to you. My results have > been so bad that I have, honestly, just given up on it. I've had some luck > with iBooks on my phone and pdf. But I need to interact with pdf docs, copy > and paste from them and access the tables that show up in them from time to > time. Can't do that with the Mac. And that is pretty basic. Given that the > cost of Mac hardware far outstrips the cost of Windows hardware, even though > there is some merit in the saying that you get what you pay for, I'm not > amused at all that a hissing war between Adobe and Apple results in the > sub-par accessibility we have for pdf files on the Mac. Hoping for better > things in t > he coming os upgrade. > Mary > > Mary Otten > motte...@gmail.com > > > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> > > To reply to this post, please address your message to > mac-access@mac-access.net > > You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at > either the list's own dedicated web archive: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> > or at the public Mail Archive: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. > Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: > <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> > > As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that > the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and > worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security > strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something > unpredictable happen. > > Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by > visiting the list website at: > <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/> > <--- Mac Access At Mac Access Dot Net ---> To reply to this post, please address your message to mac-access@mac-access.net You can find an archive of all messages posted to the Mac-Access forum at either the list's own dedicated web archive: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/pipermail/mac-access/index.html> or at the public Mail Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/>. Subscribe to the list's RSS feed from: <http://www.mail-archive.com/mac-access@mac-access.net/maillist.xml> As the Mac Access Dot Net administrators, we do our very best to ensure that the Mac-Access E-Mal list remains malware, spyware, Trojan, virus and worm-free. However, this should in no way replace your own security strategy. We assume neither liability nor responsibility should something unpredictable happen. Please remember to update your membership preferences periodically by visiting the list website at: <http://mail.tft-bbs.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/mac-access/options/>
