Many PDF files are "locked" by their authors or owners so that they are not capable of being saved as text files. It requires an unlocking program to first process such files, making them able to be saved. While there are many such programs, some of which are free, my favorite is APDFPR, which stands for Advanced PDF Password Recovery. While not free, this is a fantastic program that's constantly kept current with changes to PDF. Check out: http://www.elcomsoft.com/apdfpr.html ________________________________ From: accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:accesscomp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bharat Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 11:06 AM To: marcus72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [accesscomp] Re: PDF document conversion what exactly is the issue with saving the file?? do get back to me personally & i should be able to help you even more so in this regard. thank you, bharat. india. ----- Original Message ----- From: Marcus Williams <mailto:marcus72@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: accesscomp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 8:16 PM Subject: [accesscomp] PDF document conversion Hi list, Let's hope this message gets through to the new list. Okay, here goes. Some time ago I heard mention of a service and/or program that could convert a PDF file into HTML or text. The kind of PDF file I'm specifically interested in converting is an ebook that allows access by screenreading software. But it can't be saved as text from the file menu. Any assistance is appreciated. Marcus