When I opened it in Acrobat Reader I couldn't copy.
The document properties in Acrobat shows
Content Copying: Not allowed
Content Copying for Accessibility: Allowed
Apparently, different viewers interpret these properties
differently, since (as others have reported) it can be cop
On Sun, 1 Feb 2009, gerald wrote:
> http://www.fanniemae.com/ir/pdf/earnings/2008/q32008.pdf
evince (Document Viewer) in Ubuntu works ok with cut'n'paste.
File -> Properties reports "Security: No"
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On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 9:52 AM, gerald wrote:
> what is the easiest way to get a quote from a pdf into a microsoft cut and
> paste format.
>
> i want about half a page from a 250 page document. i do this fairly often.
>
>
I didn't see anyone mention the "Snapshot Tool" in Adobe Reader.
Sometime
do a simple screenshot, save as bmp and do ocr ...many free ocr apps out
there allovertheplace ...
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From: gerald [mailto:ger...@slawecki.com]
Sent: Sunday, February 01, 2009 5:27 PM
Subject: Re: cut and paste a pdf
document is "protected" all locked up. as suggested
document is "protected" all locked up. as suggested by above, wife opened it
in mac preview and can copy it. so much for "protection" thanks. for info.
At 04:44 PM 2/1/2009, you wrote:
>>I just downloaded a doc from the Fannie Mae web sit called q12008.pdf
>>and was able to cut and paste fre
No problem copying and pasting with Preview.
Interesting!
gerald wrote:
link
http://www.fanniemae.com/ir/pdf/earnings/2008/q32008.pdf
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Abby Fine reader does this also.
Stewart
At 03:54 PM 2/1/2009, you wrote:
Some/many .pdf files are scanned, and therefore total
bitmaps. There is no text information in them at all. If you want
to extract text information from the .pdf file, the only recourse is
to OCR it. Some OCR program
>Some/many .pdf files are scanned, and therefore total bitmaps. There is
>no text information in them at all. If you want to extract text
>information from the .pdf file, the only recourse is to OCR it. Some OCR
>programs will process a .pdf file directly.
Adobe Acrobat includes built-in OCR
MS Office Document Imaging will OCR also...
db
Fred Holmes wrote:
At 02:10 PM 2/1/2009, gerald wrote:
it is a document of public record the FannieMae 10Q(quarterly report). i
presume it is made with Adobe software as the feds have long been a big
supporter and user of the pdf format and
At 02:10 PM 2/1/2009, gerald wrote:
>it is a document of public record the FannieMae 10Q(quarterly report). i
>presume it is made with Adobe software as the feds have long been a big
>supporter and user of the pdf format and usually do not allow funny programs
>into house.
>
>i cannot imagine
>I just downloaded a doc from the Fannie Mae web sit called q12008.pdf
>and was able to cut and paste freely.
>The pdf download add-on for Firefox would not open it in Firefox but
>Preview on Mac OS X had no problem.
Good point. Sometimes the browser plugins don't let you do everything you
shou
You're right, that doc is protected. If you can't talk them into
sending you one that isn't, you may be forced to ocr.
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 3:36 PM, gerald wrote:
> link
>
> http://www.fanniemae.com/ir/pdf/earnings/2008/q32008.pdf
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I just downloaded a doc from the Fannie Mae web sit called q12008.pdf
and was able to cut and paste freely.
The pdf download add-on for Firefox would not open it in Firefox but
Preview on Mac OS X had no problem.
gerald wrote:
it is a document of public record the FannieMae 10Q(quarterly repor
Linkage?
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 2:10 PM, gerald wrote:
> it is a document of public record the FannieMae 10Q(quarterly report). i
> presume it is made with Adobe software as the feds have long been a big
> supporter and user of the pdf format and usually do not allow funny programs
> into ho
it is a document of public record the FannieMae 10Q(quarterly report). i
presume it is made with Adobe software as the feds have long been a big
supporter and user of the pdf format and usually do not allow funny programs
into house.
i cannot imagine they would lock it. however, when i try t
In Foxit Reader (free) I just select the cursor icon (next to the hand
icon) and copy away. Failing that, you can always just print it out
and ocr it.
On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 9:52 AM, gerald wrote:
> what is the easiest way to get a quote from a pdf into a microsoft cut and
> paste format.
>
> i
>what is the easiest way to get a quote from a pdf into a microsoft cut and
>paste format.
Select the text with the Select Text tool. Then Copy and paste it.
If that doesn't work, check Document Properties (Security) to see if it
is locked. You may need to get a password to unlock the document.
>I'm sure that there is a way to defeat this, probably by using a full
>featured pdf editor, but it may be what the author(s) wanted.
Yes, but that would be an illegal violation of the DMCA and we don't do
illegal here. If the document is locked for copying you must bring that
up with the docume
> what is the easiest way to get a quote from a pdf into a microsoft cut
> and paste format.
>
> i want about half a page from a 250 page document. i do this fairly
> often.
It depends on how the pdf was generated. Some have security embedded within
the file that makes copying the text not poss
what is the easiest way to get a quote from a pdf into a microsoft cut and
paste format.
i want about half a page from a 250 page document. i do this fairly often.
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