RE: Empty PDF Document
- From: Russell Solowoniuk <RSOLOWONIUK@xxxxxxx>
- To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 23:23:43 -0600
Hmmm, I can't recall what version of OpenBook allowed for the reading of PDF
files. It may be that your version is too old.
If you like, and if the document in question isn't private material, you can
email it to me and I can convert it to a Word document and email it back to
you. It'll have to be in the morning though as I'm off to la la landright
now! :)
Cheers,
Russell
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of K Anderson
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 10:48 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Empty PDF Document
Oh dear that doesn't work for me. Do I need to have a updated version of
Open Book? I currently have version 5 point something. When I do as you
described, the process is haulted when I search for the Freedom Import
Printer. In other words that doesn't appear to be on my system. Any
thoughts?
Katrina
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Russell Solowoniuk
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 10:38 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Empty PDF Document
Hi Katrina,
Here's what to do if you have OpenBook:
1. Open the PDF file in Acrobat Reader.
2. Open OpenBook
3. Alt Tab back into Acrobat reader.
4. Press CTRL+P as if you were going to print the document. This should
place you in a Printer name combo box.
5. Press up or down arrow until you come to "Freedom Import Printer"
6. Shift tab twice to the okay button and press enter.
7. OpenBook should begin processing the document. Depending on the number of
pages this may take a while.
8. Once the processing is complete you should be able to read the PDF
document in OpenBook.
9. If you wish to have a Word (.doc) copy of the file just go to "Launch"
and choose "Word".
HTH
Russell
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of K Anderson
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 7:51 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Empty PDF Document
I thought there was something that I could do with Open Book but am not sure
how that works. I had tried to open the file in Open Book but that didn't
work at all. You said to open the file and run OCR on it. Can you explain
that a bit more? How do I run OCR on it?
Katrina
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Russell Solowoniuk
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 9:37 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Empty PDF Document
Hi Katrina,
If it's a scanned image Jaws won't be able to read it. If you have OpenBook
or K1000 you should be able to open the file and run OCR on it and then read
it in either program.
HTH
Russell
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From: jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jfw-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of K Anderson
Sent: Friday, August 10, 2007 6:58 PM
To: jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Empty PDF Document
I am trying to access PDF files sent via E-mail. These documents are sent
via the same individual. Every time I try to open the file Jaws reports an
empty document. At the same time I hear Jaws say something about processing
5 out of 6 pages (as an example that is). The documents certainly aren't
empty...Jaws just isn't reading them.
One of these documents was scanned into a computer so it could be E-mailed
to me. I'm not sure about the other document though. I'm using Adobe
Reader 8.1, JFW 8, and Windows Media Center. I clicked on the Adobe option
to ensure accessible features were appropriate and was informed there was no
text in the document...possibly meaning this was a scanned image.
I've been able to access PDF documents in the past with pretty good
success...typically converting them to a TXT file. What is different this
time and is there anything I can do to help Jaws deal with these documents?
Katrina
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