Editing a PDF file

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I used Acrobat Reader 4.0 in the past to view/selectall/copy PDF files and paste
the text into plain text files.

Something in my registry (W98SE) now keeps corrupting Reader these days, so it no
longer does the above. Uninstall/reinstall does not help.

Is there another program that will do the above?
Hopefully something around 1 MB or so, no-install preferred.

Mike Sa

 

[Iain Cheyne]

I used Acrobat Reader 4.0 in the past to view/selectall/copy PDF files
and paste the text into plain text files.
Hopefully something around 1 MB or so, no-install preferred.

http://groups.google.com/groups?q=pdf+no-install+alt.comp.freeware

 

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http://groups.google.com/groups?q=pdf+no-install+alt.comp.freeware

Thanks, Ian. I looked through the threads, am downloading the Fox editor, even
though shareware, it apparently will continue to work.
There are several commandline converters, but I would like to find a GUI program.

Mike Sa

 

[ms]

Thanks, Ian. I looked through the threads, am downloading the Fox
editor, even though shareware, it apparently will continue to work.
There are several commandline converters, but I would like to find a GUI
program.

Mike Sa

Well, on my P166, Foxit PDF Editor is garbage. It did permit select all/copy and
paste to plain text- once. But with Fox minimized, my text editor would no longer
open a text file. After closing Fox, the pasted text required a large editing job.
When I tried on a second PDF file, Fox froze, and basically caused a screen freeze.

The smaller (?) Foxit PDF reader is quoted as a 580 KB executable. It downloads as
a 1.1 MB install, so N/A as it does not provide edit capability.

At this point, I will search for Acrobat Reader 3.0, see if that works.

Mike Sa

 

[Iain Cheyne]

At this point, I will search for Acrobat Reader 3.0, see if that works.

You could always try Acrobat Reader 6 with the Acrobat Reader Speedup
program.

Alternatively, uninstall Acrobat Reader, use a registry cleaner and
reinstall.

Otherwise it might be a good idea to format your hard drive and reinstall
Windows. It might be overkill, but Win98 becomes corrupted after much use.

 

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You could always try Acrobat Reader 6 with the Acrobat Reader Speedup
program.

I found Acrobat Reader 3 at oldversions, it is smaller than 4, after install/copy
files/uninstall, it works as an executable. I'm again able to copy text to plain text.

A remaining issue:
View/Continious, still when I select all, it only selects the single page. Is
there a way to select the entire document?

Alternatively, uninstall Acrobat Reader, use a registry cleaner and
reinstall.

Otherwise it might be a good idea to format your hard drive and reinstall
Windows. It might be overkill, but Win98 becomes corrupted after much use.

Quite right about W98 gradually getting problems. Much less in last year due to
not installing much anymore. About 5 years since last reformat, only real problem
is some file associations seem permanently wrong.

Mike Sa

 

[Iain Cheyne]

I found Acrobat Reader 3 at oldversions, it is smaller than 4, after
install/copy files/uninstall, it works as an executable. I'm again
able to copy text to plain text.

I think this will not open newer format PDF files, but let us know how you
get on.