Just to show that whatever Kenwood did to "protect" their document, they at least didn't put on the maximum amount of protection. I was able to extract text from it by opening it in Preview on the Mac, then saving it back out as a PDF. I then stuck it in my Dropbox, opened it with Adobe Reader on a Windows box, and saved as text. I'm not sure I like the way that came out, so also running it through the Serotek DocuScan Plus preview and saving it out; will be glad to Email it to anyone who wants it that way (as an HTML attachment, assuming I get a save dialog...). A bit convoluted, yes, but here it is anyway, until Gary puts together a more better one:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1053407/TS-590.txt
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Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV - Erie, PA
Phone: (814) 860-3194 or 888-75-BUDDY



On Nov 19, 2010, at 11:21 AM, Steve Dresser wrote:

> I've downloaded the .PDF file from Kenwood's site, but I'd like to find =
> a text version if possible.  Security restrictions on the .PDF file =
> won't let me save it as text, and I'd rather not run it through a =
> virtual printer since that often produces more errors than the original.
> 
> If I can't find a text file, do any of you know of a program I can use =
> to get around the security restrictions?
> 
> Any help is appreciated.
> 
> Steve