[access-uk] Re: PDF Files
- From: "G. McFarlane" <gmcf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 07:54:13 +0100
Hi George
Thanks for replying.
I don't think I'm on 7.1 so I'll check that.
The file I am trying to deal with is a manual taken from disk onto my
Harddrive, then loaded in. Just about on every file when I try to change pages
sometimes it hangs or comes up with an error. At other times it goes to the
page required in the page selection window, at least it says it does, but it
still shows the originally chosen page. Also it seems to work in sections -
once it gets to the end of a section it will not let you access further pages
even if called by the page selection window.
I've tried changing the setting to access the whole document at once, but this
takes quite a while to get started and can sometimes hang.
I certainly found version 4 a bit more stable and I think I could also convert
to text in it (I think) I would not wish to go back the way but are there any
internal settings for version 7 which would make it easier to deal with. One
major benefit wooed be if we could read more than a page at once, with one page
running into another.
Any suggestions?
Thanks again.
Gordon
----- Original Message -----
From: George Bell
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 1:42 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: PDF Files
Hi Gordon,
I do share your frustration here, but there are many factors and issues.
You say the Adobe 7 "crashes". Are you able to provide any more information?
If you are not on Adobe Version 7.0.1, then an update may solve this. If you
already are, then there may be some other system problem.
You say it takes "a long time to access pages or even the whole file". Is
this with files you already have on your system, or can you quote one or two
examples with URLs? I have seen all too many cases where you click on a link
to a PDF, only to find the infernal file is 10 or 20 megs in size. I
downloaded one tonight where it took 3 or 4 minutes just to download the highly
graphical title page, and the same again for the remaining 34 pages.
As regards the save as Text and HTML options in Adobe - indeed all versions
and options - this is unfortunately controlled by the original author of the
file. You yourself could create a PDF and send it to me, but if you personally
had chosen to lock the file down in all ways, it would take me a month of
Sundays to eventually get text out of it. And that would probably mean I'd
have to print it, and then scan it, and then OCR it.
Adobe 7 is good. I can personally vouch for that. Let's see if we can help
you iron out the wrinkles.
George.
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
G. McFarlane
Sent: 22 May 2005 21:03
To: Jaws UK
Cc: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] PDF Files
Any thoughts anyone?
Sometimes when using Acrobat 7 the program crashes. It also seems to take a
longtime to access pages or eventhe whole file - it seems to want to keep
processing.
I feel I was better off with Version 4 and the Access plugin, but feel I
should persevere with version 7.
I would much prefer to transfer the file into a text file then I could use it
on my mobile too, as well as read it in a more adaptable processor. I see we
can do this in the file menu, but it is greyed out. Also any PDF converter I
have will not transfer it into text as it has an encrypted password. I'm not
sure if I'm breaking copyright by doing so but if I take my own legally
purchased PDF file as part of a program suite, and make it into a text file
which would be more accessible, is there a problem with this. If it is not
wrong, has anyone found a solution to this?
Gordon McFarlane
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