Walt, I use the same program and love it. I can't recommend it highly enough and it has allowed me to read PDF manuals I never would have had access to otherwise. "-----Original Message----- "From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx "[mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Walt Smith "Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 2:49 PM "To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx "Subject: [bookport] Re: Book Port and PDF " "However, there are programs that will remove the security on "PDF files that keep them from being saved as plain text. I've "used a program called Advanced PDF Password Recovery (APDFPR) "for several years and haven't found a PDF file yet that it "wouldn't unlock. I know there are others available, as well. " "The problem really isn't copyrighted material as much as a "decision by the author or owner of the material to not permit "it to be saved as text. There are valid reasons for doing "this--a company that doesn't want its literature modified and "then circulated might do this, for example. " "----- Original Message ----- "From: "Sandy Licht" <slicht@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> "To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> "Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 1:09 PM "Subject: [bookport] Re: Book Port and PDF " " "I have always had success with this built in utility in Adobe "Acrobat. Some PDF documents have copyright protection, and this is "where you might have trouble. " "