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Subject:RE: PDF to doc conversion (WIndows) From:"Lin Sims" <linda -dot- sims -at- verizon -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 27 Feb 2002 11:00:36 -0500
If you switch the view from Single Page to Continuous (View >
Continuous), you can copy the entire document in one swell foop. As
Stephen says, though, it won't retain the formatting.
Also, on February 21st, Simon North reported that there was a product
called BCL Drake® that can convert PDFs to RTFs while retaining the
formatting. I haven't used the product, myself. See
> Short of acrobat, you don't have many choices...
>
> If the pdf is not protected (allows selecting text and graphics - you
> can check that by selecting File>Document Info>Security (command may
> vary depending upon version)):
>
> Then you can copy and paste using the text selection tool in Acrobat
> reader. It is clunky, puts para breaks in at every line end, and you
> can only do one page at a time.
Lin Sims
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