Why not convert it to text. Any editing would be eassy and audio output
with the say command a breeze.
With the pdf , cmd + a to choose all and cmd + c to copy will put the
text into the clipboard from which it can be pasted into a text file.
Chopping it into chapters and annotation should be straight forward.
Or keep it intact as a single text file and do a search for the chapter of
interest.
I have found instead of preview this free open-source pdf app "skim":
http://skim-app.sourceforge.net/
In my experience it is better at text capture, and is smaller and more
responsive then preview. It also allows for attaching annotation notes in
the pdf.
On Mon, 23 Jan
2017, CHUCK REICHEL wrote:
Hi Tim,
Thats sounds like a plan. :)
I'll half to "look" in to getting that going.
I'm trying to get this Avid plugin manual broken down in to each individual
plugin chapters, like the pro compressor or the reverb plugin having its own
individual pdf so all book marks when researching the software stay with each
audio plugin.
I'd love to "annotate" it is that doable now in el capitan with preview?
Second reason for cutting the large avid manual into separate "pdf" chapters is
to be able just to highlight the chapter and convert it to audio to sit back and soak
up the in-depth operational information.
would ghost writher or something be better for reading back these pdfs?
Thanks again Tim for your excellent advice.
talk soon
Chuck
On Jan 23, 2017, at 9:49 AM, Tim Kilburn wrote:
Hi,
This could be accomplished in Preview. I haven't tested it thoroughly, but
it's more easily done from a sighted prospective. Once the pdf is open in
Preview, go up to the View menu and choose ThumbNails. This will display an
area with a thumbnail view of each page. If you VO-space on that page, then it
would maximize the specific page. So, what I'm suggesting is that you make 20
copies of the full pdf while in the Finder using cmd-d to duplicate each copy,
and naming them Chapter 1 through 20 accordingly. Then, when you open the one
named Chapter one, press on any page in the thumbnail view that is not part of
Chapter 1, then press your Delete key. Repeat this process until only pages
that are part of Chapter 1 are present and save the modified pdf. This sounds
tedious, but it does the job. Sighted users are able to select multiple
thumbnails and delete them on mass, but I'm not sure how easy that is from a VO
prospective. May be possible, but I haven't played with that aspect much yet.
HTH.
Later...
Tim Kilburn
Fort McMurray, AB Canada
On Jan 23, 2017, at 07:26, CHUCK REICHEL <soundpicturerecord...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi List,
I have a big PDF Manual I want to edit.
I'd like to edit the pdf in to its individual chapters.
What APP is out there that I can edit a pdf?
In other words lets say the pdf is 20 chapters in size I want to make it 20
separate pdfs?
1 pdf per chapter.
Thanks for any solutions
Chuck
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