Oh thanks for that tip, i used to do this before, i don't know why i didn't think of it this time although it is a longer way of doing it and then you have to delete the previous copy but it does the trick, i can at least understand what i'm reading. also do you know why i can't read pdf documents on the internet? every time i try to open it, i just get a blanck document. thanks, Husna ----- Original Message ----- From: "Eleanor Burke" <eleanorburke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 7:58 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: adobe reader 6 > Sorry I have not the erl to hand but in the meantime while someone else > comes ujp with it for you, do you know that when you have the pdf document > open you can go to File and cursor down until yuo get to an option to save > as text only. Choose this and save in the normal way in whatever fold you > want to save in and give it the same name or a different one. Your document > will then be there in a *.txt file and you should have absolutely no problem > reading it. > > Eleanor > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Husna Begum" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 7:51 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: adobe reader 6 > > > > hi, > > > > well i don't use pdf much so i haven't bothered to update, (much prefer > > html > > or word format) but could you or some one give me the direct url for adobe > > 9 > > free version if that is better in terms of accessibility. > > > > thanks, Husna > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Peter Beasley" <pjbeasley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 10:13 AM > > Subject: [access-uk] Re: adobe reader 6 > > > > > >> Why don't you update your adobe reader? We are up to version 9 these > > days. > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Husna Begum" <mail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2008 2:05 AM > >> Subject: [access-uk] adobe reader 6 > >> > >> > >> > Hi, > >> > > >> > when I open a document in adobe reader 6 why does it join all the words > > up > >> > into a long unintelligible string? please let me know how I can make > >> > the > >> > program display the spaces between words. 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