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Subject:	Re: can I copy and paste .pdf files from disabled acrobat reader
From:	Earl Truss <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	PCSOFT - PC software discussion list <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 4 May 1998 05:55:08 -0600
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Yes, this could be the problem.  Sorry, I had forgotten about that.  Brad
said he had just installed Acrobat off the CD so he may not know about this.

The three icons Jim refers to are the third through sixth ones from the
left on the toolbar.  The text selection pointer is the sixth icon from the
left.  It is a dotted-line rectangle with "abc" inside it.  Click on this
icon and the mouse cursor changes to an "I-beam" with a line across the
middle.  Try this and see if you can then select and copy text.

I don't think you can open a PDF file directly in Word.  I don't think
Microsoft supplies a file converter for PDF files that would let you open it.

At 07:08 AM 5/4/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Acrobat has three different mouse pointers, you must manually
>switch between them using the buttons on the toolbar.
>The hand is for moving pages, the magnifying glass is for
>zooming in and out, and the third button (abc) is the text
>selector mouse tool.
>Perhaps Brad just forgot to turn on the text selector.
>Jim Meagher
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: PCSOFT - PC software discussion list
>> [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Earl Truss
>>
>> It would appear that from what you have said that the CD was made with the
>> ability to copy from it disabled on purpose ... to keep people from making
>> copies of the files.  Is this true?  The book should have some description
>> of the contents of the CD and some kind of license saying what you are
>> permitted to do with the files on the CD.
>>
>> At 08:36 PM 5/3/98 -0700, you wrote:
>> > I bought a book with a cd. The cd has a few books
>> >on it in pdf format. When I try to copy some info
>> >from a book on the cd, to paste it in word97, I
>> >find that the cd has disabled the ability to copy
>> >from it. (I installed adobe acrobat reader 3.01
>> >from the cd.)
>> >I tried opening a .pdf file in word97, but that
>> >doesn't give me any useful text. Is there a file
>> >converter that will allow me to retrieve text from
>> >these disabled pdf files so that I can paste info
>> >into word?
>> >Thanks:
>> >Brad Britton

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