PDF Plain Text Extractor

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The title is a shareware program. It is something I haven't been able to find in
freeware.

Any ideas on this?

TIA

Mike Sa
 
Thanks, will try it. Funny that on the same site this morning, was the
shareware program with a similar title.
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This is a classic case of managed "Freeware".

Author? "Copyright © 2000-2005. PDF Converter Software"
Other apps? none

http://www.softpedia.com/progMoreBy/Publisher-PDF Converter Software.html
"More programs developed by PDF Converter Software"

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/PDF/Easy-PDF-Text-Converter.shtml
Easy PDF to Text Converter 2.0.4

Softpedia links to:
http://www.pdf-to-html-word.com/pdf-to-text/
"Download Free Version of Easy PDF to Text Converter"
"Still not sure the program fits your needs? Try free version with no
limited features.Click Download to download the Free version of Easy PDF
to Text Converter. http://www.pdf-to-html-word.com/download.htm "

The *home* page:
http://www.pdf-to-html-word.com/index.htm
"Download Free Trial of Easy PDF to Word Converter
"Still not sure the program fits your needs? Try free trial version with
limited features. It can convert only the first five pages of your PDF
document. Test the quality of the demo and come back to place an order
if satisfied with the results. Click Download to download the trial
version of Easy PDF to Word Converter.
http://www.pdf-to-html-word.com/download.htm "

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This is a classic case of managed "Freeware".

Author? "Copyright © 2000-2005. PDF Converter Software"
Other apps? none

http://www.softpedia.com/progMoreBy/Publisher-PDF Converter Software.html

"More programs developed by PDF Converter Software"

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/PDF/Easy-PDF-Text-Converter.shtml
Easy PDF to Text Converter 2.0.4
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I found a PAD file here:

http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad/padlib.asp

(I searched for "Easy PDF to Text Converter")

pdf-to-html-word.com
Easy PDF to Text Converter v.2.0.4
11/29/2005

http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad/sh...to-html-word.com/pdf/pdf_to_text_pad_file.xml

Type: Freeware
Written by: pdf-to-html-word.com
No. 519, Wuluo Rd.
Wuhan, Hubei 430070
CN

Contact Info:
General Phone: 801-444-2837
General Email: (e-mail address removed)

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I found a PAD file here:

http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad/padlib.asp

(I searched for "Easy PDF to Text Converter")

pdf-to-html-word.com
Easy PDF to Text Converter v.2.0.4
11/29/2005

http://www.asp-shareware.org/pad/sh...to-html-word.com/pdf/pdf_to_text_pad_file.xml
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oops - more complete info at the other link they show:

http://www.pdf-to-html-word.com/pdf/pdf_to_text_pad_file.xml

including:

<Author_First_Name>Richard</Author_First_Name>
<Author_Last_Name>Truman</Author_Last_Name>
<Author_Email>[email protected]</Author_Email>


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oops - more complete info at the other link they show:

http://www.pdf-to-html-word.com/pdf/pdf_to_text_pad_file.xml

including:

<Author_First_Name>Richard</Author_First_Name>
<Author_Last_Name>Truman</Author_Last_Name>
<Author_Email>[email protected]</Author_Email>
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a visit to the etrusoft site. . .
http://www.etrusoft.com/contact.htm

<Q>
For ordering information, please contact:
Emetrix.com Inc.
1648 West Willow Drive
Kaysville, UT 84037

Phone: 801-444-2837
Fax: 801-497-9456
Email: (e-mail address removed)
</Q>

oh what a tangled web. . .

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After serious thinking El Bandolero wrote to:
this can help, and it is freeware and doesn't need Adobe Acrobat

http://www.softpedia.com/get/Office-tools/PDF/Easy-PDF-Text-Converter.shtml
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I used Easy PDF to Text Converter to convert a 540 page docment. It
did it in less than one and a half minutes. Quite good conversion.
Would need a bit of correcting. However the 540 pages translated to
540 individual files! Each page converted deparately.
Is there a prog that stiches together individual text files? Cutting
and pasting individually is going to be a nightmare.
Jay
 
Big said:
After serious thinking El Bandolero wrote to:

I used Easy PDF to Text Converter to convert a 540 page docment. It did
it in less than one and a half minutes. Quite good conversion. Would
need a bit of correcting. However the 540 pages translated to 540
individual files! Each page converted deparately.
Is there a prog that stiches together individual text files? Cutting
and pasting individually is going to be a nightmare.
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Why am I not surprised? Perhaps because I just posted that it appears to
be a bait and switch operation. . . ;)

FYI:
http://www.pricelesswarehome.org/acf/WareGlossary.php

<q>
Crippleware: free version of a commercial program. More limited in
features and functionality than the commercial product. Crippleware has
severe limitations. Functionality that is important to the average user
has been disabled.
</q>

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Susan said:
a visit to the etrusoft site. . .
http://www.etrusoft.com/contact.htm

<Q>
For ordering information, please contact:
Emetrix.com Inc.
1648 West Willow Drive
Kaysville, UT 84037

Phone: 801-444-2837
Fax: 801-497-9456
Email: (e-mail address removed)
</Q>

oh what a tangled web. . .

Susan
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Susan, thanks for all the research. What a mess. I will try both of them, Foxit
was always a big dissapointment in this area.

Mike Sa
 
The *home* page:
http://www.pdf-to-html-word.com/index.htm
"Download Free Trial of Easy PDF to Word Converter
"Still not sure the program fits your needs? Try free trial version with
limited features. It can convert only the first five pages of your PDF
document. Test the quality of the demo and come back to place an order
if satisfied with the results. Click Download to download the trial
version of Easy PDF to Word Converter.
http://www.pdf-to-html-word.com/download.htm "
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So that makes this "freeware" - shareware, freedownloadware.
crippleware ... did I leave anything out?
 
I used Easy PDF to Text Converter to convert a 540 page docment. It
did it in less than one and a half minutes. Quite good conversion.
Would need a bit of correcting. However the 540 pages translated to
540 individual files! Each page converted deparately.
Is there a prog that stiches together individual text files? Cutting
and pasting individually is going to be a nightmare.
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Foxit Reader. Click on Text Copy. Click the beginning of the
document, hold and wheel-scroll to the end. Click Edit/Copy. Not as
easy as running one program, but it only takes a few seconds to copy a
large document.
 
Why am I not surprised? Perhaps because I just posted that it appears to
be a bait and switch operation. . . ;)
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ah well. . . one way to avoid the nightmare you're facing. . . if the
files are named in consecutive order TreePad (or KeyNote) can be used to
combine them.

Step 1. Open a new file in Treepad.
Step 2. Select all the text files and import them.
Step 3. Export the entire Treepad file as a single text file.

Note: The original file names will become node names in Treepad. Each
node name (aka file name) will be included above the text from the
original file when you export the Treepad file.

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http://www.pdf-to-html-word.com/pdf-to-text/
"Download Free Version of Easy PDF to Text Converter"
So that makes this "freeware" - shareware, freedownloadware.
crippleware ... did I leave anything out?
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Yeah, the URL for the free version (I put it back) and *proof* that
these two apps are one and the same. In my *opinion* they are playing a
shell game - I strongly *suspect* they are simply pretending crippled
functions in the free app don't exist - "uncrippled" sounds so much
better than Crippleware. Then they tout the Trialware/payware app as if
it is a *different* app. FWIW - the downloads are close to the same size.

http://www.pdf-to-html-word.com/download.htm

Easy PDF to Text Converter 2.0.0 » Download Free
http://www.pdf-to-html-word.com/pdf2text.exe (637 KB)

Easy PDF to Word Converter 2.0.3 » Download Trial
http://www.pdf-to-html-word.com/pdf2word.exe (674 KB)

The last download link is interesting too. . . but I'm getting
sidetracked. . . to another site yet. . . ;)

Easy PDF Converter 5 new!
» Download Trial
http://www.regnow.com/trialware/dow...erter_v504-3.exe?item=8850-17&affiliate=14600

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ms - 21.02.2006 01:41 :
Susan, thanks for all the research. What a mess. I will try both of them, Foxit
was always a big dissapointment in this area.
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"what a mess" of fullquoting again :-( Please learn to quote. Permanent
fullquoting is one of the most misbehavior in usenet. THX in advance for
your kind understanding.
 
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