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Subject:	Re: Abode Software & PDF files.
From:	Bill Cohane <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	PCSOFT - PC software discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 23 Mar 1998 18:28:09 -0500
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At 10:27 23-03-98 -0800, Dave Gillett wrote:

>  It's fundamentally impractical to extract text from a .PDF file for
>other use; it's effectively read-only.  [I speak from personal
>experience with internals of the format.]  Again, this is acceptable
>and even desirable to some creators of documents, but limits document
>usefulness.

But you can still "copy and paste" text from a PDF file by using the
"abc" button in Acrobat Reader to activate the "text selection" curser.
Or did you mean that it is impractical to use some kind of conversion
program to convert (all the text) from PDF to TXT?

Regards,
Bill

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