Re: CHAT: PDF file conversion
| From: | Benct Philip Jonsson <bpj@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, December 22, 2003, 15:50 |
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At 22:06 21.12.2003, R J wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>How would one convert PDF files into plain text or HTML or
>something? I'd like to convert a file, but dunno how to.
>
>--Robert
The unsophisticated way if you have Adobe Reader 6 at least
is to go to "Edit|Select all", then copy the lot (press Ctrl+C)
and paste it into your text editor. Necessarily you will
lose all formating, probably all inter-paragraph spacing etc.
/BP 8^)
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B.Philip Jonsson mailto:melrochX@melroch.se (delete X)
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