I've never heard of that. That sounds like a neat tool. -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Sanfilippo Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 3:37 PM To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Re: Sibelius 7 tutorial, reference etc. I had very good luck on the mac. I opened the sib7 reference in Preview, selected all and copied the text to Text Edit. On the PC, I would get hold of http://empowermentzone.com/edsetup.exe which is Jamal Mazrui's EdSharp editor, which has or can use a PDF to Text utility. When you have that installed, Open the sib7 reference in edsharp and now you have plain text access. HTH, js On Aug 7, 2011, at 1:52 PM, David Simpson wrote: If the document seems to be "blank" in PDF format, it may be that it is a graphical representation of the text. Often, importing it into Kurzweil 1000 or Openbook will result in the page images being scanned into text. The results can range from poor to very good. Dave -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Claudio Sacco Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 10:59 AM To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Re: Sibelius 7 tutorial, reference etc. Dear Dale Thanks for your reply. Of course it is worth converting to TXT and it's something I often do with PDF-files. But in this special case I haven't even thought so far, because at first the document showed up to be empty. Thanks again. I go for it. Regards Claudio -----Original Message----- From: sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:sib-access-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dale Lieser Sent: Sunday, August 07, 2011 1:27 PM To: sib-access@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [sib-access] Re: Sibelius 7 tutorial, reference etc. Claudio, I haven't tried that specific document, but have not had much success with PDF's overall. Try converting the document to a text file. That option should be available under "Save AS". If it is a large document, it will probably take a while for the conversion process, but it will likely be worth the wait. Of course any navigation built into the PDF version will be lost, but navigation in a document one cannot read is altogether worthless, wouldn't you agree? :) I have converted both the Sibelius 5 and 6 reference manuals to text and have found them to be somewhat of a help, even though they are unwieldy. Dale If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx If you wish to unsubscribe, send a blank message with the single word, unsubscribe - in the Subject line to: sib-access-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx