Re: [newbie] pdf editing
On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 10:15:12 +0100, Martin Hardie wrote: > > I want to copy from pdf files ... i recall that in Abode Acrobat I could do > this sometimes but with KGhostView I cannot at all. Are there and pdf > programs out there that let me copy and paste into other formats or is there > a way to save as into another format? KWord will import PDF files. It does a fairly nice job of it, but if the file is very large, import one page at a time for the best results. Also, read the man page (and other documentation) for xpdf -- it allows for selecting blocks of text from PDF files. It also comes with a number of utilities for extracting the pieces of PDF files (e.g., fonts and graphics, in particular). I use its pdfimages for extracting the graphics, and it does a great job. deedee Registered Linux User #327485 Visit "WordStar & GNU/Linux" http://www.wordstar2.com Also, see WordStar Users Group Community http://www.wordstar2.com/WordStar_Users/index.php -- ___ Find what you are looking for with the Lycos Yellow Pages http://r.lycos.com/r/yp_emailfooter/http://yellowpages.lycos.com/default.asp?SRC=lycos10 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] pdf editing
Martin Hardie wrote: Hi All I want to copy from pdf files ... i recall that in Abode Acrobat I could do this sometimes but with KGhostView I cannot at all. Are there and pdf programs out there that let me copy and paste into other formats or is there a way to save as into another format? I see that I can download a linux version of acrobat but if i can get around that it would be nice. The list of Pdf programs on urpmi goes like this (it might help someone recognise one that is useful) LePatriarche-pdf docbook-utils-pdf fax2pdf gcc-doc-pdf gcc3.3-doc-pdf gcc4.0-doc-pdf glibc-doc-pdf gpdf kdegraphics-kpdf kernel-doc-pdf libcpdf2 libcpdf2-devel libcpdf2-static-devel libpdf1 libpdf1-devel libpdf1-static-devel patriarche-pdf pdftk pdftohtml php-pdf ppdfilt tetex-dvipdfm xpdf Thanks Martin "the riddle which man must solve, he can only solve in being, in being what he is and not something else" http://auskadi.tk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com When I used SuSE 9.1, it installed a package called pdf2html. It's a command line utility with batch converstion. It's very good. See if it's available on urpmi. Cheers, Mrugesh Karnik Registered Linux User #375243 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] pdf editing
On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 12:05:26 +0100, Martin Hardie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I found acroc at in tar.gz at the abode site but i cant find it via urpmi > urpmi acroread > no package named acroread You can find acroread at: http://norlug.org/?op=rpms&rpm_func=rpm_info&cat=5&file=acroread-5.0.10-2.norlug.i586.rpm Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure that you reply to the list. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] pdf editing
> I want to copy from pdf files ... i recall that in Abode Acrobat I could do > this sometimes but with KGhostView I cannot at all. Are there and pdf > programs out there that let me copy and paste into other formats or is there > a way to save as into another format? Martin, You have Acrobat Reader for Linux. Do: urpmi acroread After you have installed that, you can copy text (only text, as far as I know) from there to other formats. Regards, Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure that you reply to the list. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] pdf editing
This seems to be the best "non-Adobe" solution. http://applications.linux.com/article.pl?sid=05/01/06/0612209&from=rss Adobe has release a brand new beta version of their pdf editor. I dont have a link but they have a linux version too for the first time. Jarlath On Saturday 08 January 2005 04:15 am, Martin Hardie wrote: > Hi All > > I want to copy from pdf files ... i recall that in Abode Acrobat I could do > this sometimes but with KGhostView I cannot at all. Are there and pdf > programs out there that let me copy and paste into other formats or is > there a way to save as into another format? > > I see that I can download a linux version of acrobat but if i can get > around that it would be nice. > > The list of Pdf programs on urpmi goes like this (it might help someone > recognise one that is useful) > > LePatriarche-pdf > docbook-utils-pdf > fax2pdf > gcc-doc-pdf > gcc3.3-doc-pdf > gcc4.0-doc-pdf > glibc-doc-pdf > gpdf > kdegraphics-kpdf > kernel-doc-pdf > libcpdf2 > libcpdf2-devel > libcpdf2-static-devel > libpdf1 > libpdf1-devel > libpdf1-static-devel > patriarche-pdf > pdftk > pdftohtml > php-pdf > ppdfilt > tetex-dvipdfm > xpdf > > > Thanks > > Martin > > > > > "the riddle which man must solve, he can only solve in being, > in being what he is and not something else" > > http://auskadi.tk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
