D
David
I use V5 which has that function. As far as I am aware all versions of
Reader are able to copy text or graphics to the clipboard. The OP
however has explained that, in this case, the file is protected from
such actions.
Reader are able to copy text or graphics to the clipboard. The OP
however has explained that, in this case, the file is protected from
such actions.
J
Jeff Needle
Another thought - Ghostscript / GSview will open pdf files and
has a 'text extract' function. I suspect that it would not be too
fussy over copy protection
GC
That's a good possibility. I'll give it a try. Thanks.
J
Jeff Needle
and what about previous versions?
I don't know -- anyone else?
J
Jeff Needle
Yes, the editor is not free, but the viewer is. And it's really quite
nice!
J
Jeff Needle
Sorry to be so dense, but what is VS?
E
Eric
Sorry to be so dense, but what is VS?
V-FIVE.
He's talking about Adobe Reader Version 5 instead of Version 6.
V-FIVE.
He's talking about Adobe Reader Version 5 instead of Version 6.
M
Mike Bourke
Not 100% sure but I think that Open Office will open pdf documents and may
therefore allow copying of text to clipboard.
Mike Bourke
therefore allow copying of text to clipboard.
Mike Bourke
J
Jeff Needle
Sheesh, I'm an idiot. Thanks.
J
Jeff Needle
Hmmm, I'll have to give it a try. I think I have a copy on disk somewhere
around here.
Thanks.
around here.
Thanks.
F
Father Merrin
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Go to site http://www.aboutlyrics.com/Software/Download/pdftotext.php
and download "pdftotext". This utility will extract all embedded text in
a pdf document to an ASCII/text. From there you will be able to cut-and-
paste this text to a word processor or programming editor of your choice.
Good Luck,
FM
Go to site http://www.aboutlyrics.com/Software/Download/pdftotext.php
and download "pdftotext". This utility will extract all embedded text in
a pdf document to an ASCII/text. From there you will be able to cut-and-
paste this text to a word processor or programming editor of your choice.
Good Luck,
FM
J
Jeff Needle
Thanks. Looks like it runs in a DOS box. I'll have to fiddle with it to
make it work.
I appreciate the pointer.
M
Mike Dee
Another method I use, is to print the PDF to a postscript file ".ps"
you can set up a dummy printer if you don't have a physical postscript
printer such as a HP laserjet etc because you only want to save the
postscript output here.
Once you have the .ps file made then use a PDF program such as
PDFCreator <http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/> to turn the
..ps file back into a PDF. The trade-off is you lose URLs and other
links from the original PDF but you gain full image and text selecting
rights (password protection doesn't get sent to the printer).
J
Jeff Needle
Thanks. If I have to, I'll do this.
J
John Corliss
Mike said:
Mike, if memory serves me, OpenOffice.org won't open .pdf files, but it
will save to that format.
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M
Mike Bourke
Thanks for clarifying that, John. As I said, I wasn't sure.
Mike
Mike
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I have a V1.2 Build 0202 version if you want to try it. Advise of some place
that can accept at 1MB or so file attachment.
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Eric
Jeff said:
That's not going to work either.
First off, there is a setting that turns of the print function and they
probably did that if they went to the trouble to restrict copying.
Even if they didn't restrict printing, anything Ghostscript based will
NOT re-render it to a new PDF. I tested that on a file I created that
was set to allow printing but not allow copying. I got the following
error:
This PostScript file was created from an encrypted PDF file.
Redistilling encrypted PDF is not permitted.
%%[ Error: undefined; OffendingCommand: get ]%%
GhostScript Error 1
Error, no PDF file produced! (False)
Looks like password protection IS sent to the ".ps" file. I print to a
Apple Laserwriter and then run the .ps through Ghostscript. You're back
to cracking the password before doing anything else.
If anybody else wants to test... I've put a fully protected PDF showing
one page of this thread at:
<http://www.widewaterfilms.com/other/protection_test.pdf>
Eric
J
Jeff Needle
I'm sorry, I've lost track. What does this refer to?
M
Mike Dee
That file was so well protected I wasn't even allowed to open it in
Acrobat to even view it, LOL. Can you put one up with a little less
restriction.
The OP didn't mention that it couldn't be printed. But I guess that's a
possibility, I know saving to .ps with lesser restrictions works very
well.
P
PDFrank
Eric said:
I opened it in Foxit PDF Editor Version 1.2, and it let me copy any text
I selected to the clipboard.
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