[duxuser] Re: Please help!
- From: "Eileen Misrahi" <eileenmis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 15:06:58 -0700
Steve,
I have not had this problem. I just select the virtual printer when I open
the printer options with CONTROL + P. Of course, with any OCR program, it
all depends on the quality of the scanned document when saved to a PDF.
Eileen
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Steve Dresser
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 9:03 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Please help!
Eileen,
That option doesn't work if the file is a scanned image, in which case you
have to rely on the OCR solutions mentioned in other posts.
Steve
----- Original Message -----
From: Eileen Scrivani <mailto:etscrivani@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 11:30
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Please help!
There is an option in Adobe Reader V9 (accessible version) under the file
menu that will let you save the .PDF as a text document. I know this
doesn't give the formatting options of Word, but it is a quick & easy way of
getting the text that you then can at least bring into Word for further
formatting.
HTH.
Eileen
From: Eileen <mailto:eileenmis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Misrahi
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 10:28 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Please help!
George,
In general, when working with PDF files that the document has been saved as
a scanned image, I will use one of the virtual printer that is bundled with
either Kurzweil or Open Book. At that point, I can save the document in a
Word format. DBT only likes Word 2003 for now until the new version is
release.I don't know if this will work for Rosie. It's a lot of work just to
get a PDF file to work with DBT, but this is what I needed to do while in
graduate school and the professors sure liked scanning the supplemental
readings as a PDF file.
Eileen
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of George Bell
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 7:17 AM
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Please help!
Hi Rosie,
Nothing like being flung in at the deep end! (Smile)
.xls files are usually Excel 2003 or earlier Spreadsheets, and can't be
opened directly into DBT. What you may be able to do is open the
spreadsheet in Excel, and do a "Save As", saving it as say a CSV file (Comma
Separated Variable)
However, you will need to understand what the spreadsheet is all about.
As regards PDF files, they cannot be opened directly in DBT either since
they are essentially a special format. However, if you have an up to date
version of Adobe Reader, you MAY be able to again do a Save As in Adobe, and
Save As text.
And there is a "however" here too. This will only work if the PDF has been
created from a Word Processing package like Word for Windows. Sometimes
people will scan a printed document, and then produce a PDF from that. Net
result is that you won't get any text at all.
George.
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Rosy Goodrich
Sent: 14 September 2010 15:00
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Please help!
Hi Listers:
I have a .xls file to be translated into Braille. Could someone enlighten
me as to how to proceed with this. The other file I have is .pdf, and I
need to remove all the bullets and replace them with dashes. Any help would
be appreciated greatly. Thanks in advance.
Rosy and Ariel
rgoodrich@xxxxxxxxx
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