Hi Ray, Trouble with cut and paste from PDF is particularly with Window-Eyes, = not so much with JAWS, you lose all formatting. All blank lines go out the = window, because you are in browse mode. Not to be recommended if you want some = idea of paragraphing.=20 All the best -- Computer Room Services: =20 the long cane for blind computer users. Telephone Low-call: 08452 606 277 International: +44(0)1438 742286, Fax: +44(0)1438 759589 mobile: +44(0)7956 334938, Email: mailto:Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web site: http://www.comproom.co.uk =20 =20 -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf = Of Ray's Home Sent: 02 April 2007 00:59 To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [access-uk] Re: looking for a accessible PDF reader, not adobe. Andy, just done some Googling on this question and haven't yet come up = with any freeware PDF to Word converters, though plenty of shareware ones, = and of course there is Nuance's offering, but that costs =A339. Some of these can be found at: http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Best/free-pdf-a-word.html Might be free to download, but I think all of them are paid for in the = end. Also, if it is freeware you are after, beware getting ad ware or other nasties along with it. End by saying that for converting a few pages, with most PDF documents = you can simply highlight pages and copy and paste into MS Word. Believe it = or not, the pasted text is screen reader readable text. No idea how and = why this works, and some documents may not allow you to do this if they are protected. Just thought you'd like to know this dodge if you aren't = already aware of it. From Ray I can be contacted off-list at: mailto:ray-48@xxxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf = Of Andy Collins Hi all - on the subject of PDF and Adobe, I am needing to read quite a = large PDF file, and will be installing Adobe 8 on this machine to do it. Can anybody give me some tips as to which settings etc need to be changed = for it to read well with JFW [6.20], or better still, how to convert it to a = word document for easy navigation? Thanks - Andy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Nutt" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 10:19 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: looking for a accessible PDF reader, not adobe. | Hi Barrie, | | Why not Adobe? It is perfectly accessible, and I don't know of any others. | | All the best | -- | Computer Room Services: | the long cane for blind computer users. | Telephone Low-call: 08452 606 277 | International: +44(0)1438 742286, | Fax: +44(0)1438 759589 | mobile: +44(0)7956 334938, | Email: mailto:Steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | Web site: http://www.comproom.co.uk | | -----Original Message----- | From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On=20 | Behalf Of | barrie moxon | Sent: 01 April 2007 18:09 | To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx | Subject: [access-uk] looking for a accessible PDF reader, not adobe. | | hi folks. | looking for a accessible PDF reader, not adobe. | thanks. | Barrie. ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dunsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=3Dfaq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq ** To leave the list, click on the immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe] ** If this link doesn't work then send a message to: ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, click on the ** immediately-following link:- ** [mailto:access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=faq] ** or send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq