Re: [newbie] pdf text
> Not much to it, really. I just type 'pdftotext filename.pdf' > which generates filename.txt. Feel free to e-mail me the file > offlist if you'd like me to take a crack at it. Many thanks Miark. I tried it again this morning but I have no luck. For certain pdf documents, "pdftotext" could work. But for some others, it get messed. Bests, Q.H. 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 text
> you could also open the pdf in kWrite. > this will import the text too. > the pdf format is proprietary and often weird. > text can therefore come out mangled and out of sequence. > Many thanks Philippe. I also notice the problem of KWord to import pdf file. For some pdf files, they're readable through Kword. For some others, they're also mess in KWord. Is there a way to handle that? Bests, Q.H. 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 text
Miark wrote: On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 00:03:33 +0100, Q.H. wrote: Although I have Acrobat 7, I still use pdftotext to convert from one to the other. Try that instead and see if it does any better. Many thanks Miark. I tried to use pdftotext to convert one or two pages of two pdf files into text files, but I got no luck. What I got in the text files are some mess. Could you please show me more on how to use it? Thanks. Not much to it, really. I just type 'pdftotext filename.pdf' which generates filename.txt. Feel free to e-mail me the file offlist if you'd like me to take a crack at it. you could also open the pdf in kWrite. this will import the text too. the pdf format is proprietary and often weird. text can therefore come out mangled and out of sequence. kind regards philippe 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 text
On Wed, 6 Apr 2005 00:03:33 +0100, Q.H. wrote: > > > > Although I have Acrobat 7, I still use pdftotext to convert > > from one to the other. Try that instead and see if it does > > any better. > > Many thanks Miark. I tried to use pdftotext to convert one or > two pages of two pdf files into text files, but I got no luck. > What I got in the text files are some mess. Could you please > show me more on how to use it? Thanks. Not much to it, really. I just type 'pdftotext filename.pdf' which generates filename.txt. Feel free to e-mail me the file offlist if you'd like me to take a crack at it. Miark 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 text
> > Although I have Acrobat 7, I still use pdftotext to convert from > one to the other. Try that instead and see if it does any better. Many thanks Miark. I tried to use pdftotext to convert one or two pages of two pdf files into text files, but I got no luck. What I got in the text files are some mess. Could you please show me more on how to use it? Thanks. Bests, Q.H. 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 text
On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 17:52:15 +0100, Q.H. wrote: > I have some problem when using the feature of "select text" of > Adobe reader 7.0. For some pdf documents, the texts I selected > are ok. But for some others, the texts I slected are kinda > mess when I put them into OO writer. Does any one have similar > experience? Although I have Acrobat 7, I still use pdftotext to convert from one to the other. Try that instead and see if it does any better. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
