[real-eyes] Re: Trouble reading a .PDF file.

  • From: Nancy Shackelford <ladym74731@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 28 Feb 2012 23:29:36 -0600

When you have one of those files where somebody just scanned it and put in a 
.PDF file, "SaveAsText" is not available.

Nance



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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glenn" <GlennErvin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 9:59 PM
Subject: [real-eyes] Re: Trouble reading a .PDF file.


> One thing to try is, when in Adobe, do alt + F, and down arrow to save
> as..., and then right arrow into "text, and let it do its thing, you may
> need to select where it will go, by default, it saves in the same folder 
> the
> file came from, or in "my documents".
> If that renders nothing in a TXT file, that is, the text file is blank, 
> use
> Open Book or Kurzweil to open it, and it will automatically do OCR on it
> when it opens up.
> If you have one of those programs, use the applications key on it, and 
> arrow
> to "open with" and if one of those programs is not in the list and one of
> them is installed on your computer, brows to it there and find it.
> HTH.
> Glenn
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Nancy Van Sandt" <nanvan53@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <real-eyes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 28, 2012 2:29 PM
> Subject: [real-eyes] Trouble reading a .PDF file.
>
>
> I downloaded a 108-page .PDF file.  when I tried to access it, it was 
> blank,
> which tells me that it is an image.  The text is visible to a sighted
> person; but of course, JAWS just says "blank."  Does anyone have any ideas
> about how I can read this?  I have Adobe Acrobat. I have Text Cloner Pro 
> on
> a PC with Windows XP and JAWS 12.  I'd appreciate any suggestions, thanks!
> Nancy Van Sandt
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