John, You could try the 2 following ideas but they may not work depending on the security that has been set on the PDF document: 1. Open a blank Word document. 2. Open the PDF document as normal and wait for it to sort itself out. 3. Press Control+A to select the entire document. 4. Press Alt_+Tab to switch back to your Word document and try pasting the text into it. My guess is that this probably won't work if you can't use the "Save as text" option but it's worth a try. If you have Kurzweil 1000, you can try using the virtual printer option. To do this do the following: 1. Open the PDF as normal. 2. Open the print dialogue box with Control+P 3. From the list of available printers, select the one called something like "KC Virtual Printer" and start it printing as normal. This will send the PDF to Kurzweil 1000 and launch Kurzweil automatically. If it is going to work, Kurzweil will then take a while to scan and recognise the text from the PDF file but it is much quicker than printing it and then scanning it in manually. Regards, Jamie *****Help support blinded ex-servicemen and women by visiting my Just Giving page at: http://www.justgiving.com/Jamie-Cuthbertson/ -----Original Message----- From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John M Hull Sent: 21 April 2010 09:29 To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: reading the Lib dem manifesto DearGraham, Yes, thankyou. I am now able to read the pdf version. However, it takes a long time to convert and can only be saved as an adobe/pdf document and not in a text format, which means that every time I want to look at it, I have to convert it again. Can I avoid this? I tried Kevin's suggestion about an audio version, and this works fine, but of course a text version is better, because you can vary the speed of reading, and you can search the document. John -----Original Message----- From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Graham Page Sent: 24 April 2010 21:01 To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: reading the Lib dem manifesto Hi Amie and John. I have looked at the site and the option to view on line brings up a flash video which seems to be totally inaccessible. The downloaded PdF seems readable enough however. are you unable to access the content at all? Graham Page Home Phone: 0207 265 9493 Mobile: 07753 607980 Fax: 0870 706 2773 Email: gpage@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx MSN: gabriel_mcbird@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: gabriel_mcbird ----- Original Message ----- From: "Amie Slavin" <amie.slavin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, April 24, 2010 8:41 PM Subject: [jaws-uk] Re: reading the Lib dem manifesto I tried to read it ages ago; like a couple of years. Found the same issue; Emailed them; got no response at all ever. Amie From: jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jaws-uk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John M Hull Sent: 19 April 2010 21:08 To: jaws-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jaws-uk] reading the Lib dem manifesto Hullo folks! I thought that in view of the rise of Nick Clegg, I should read the Manifesto of the Liberal Democratic Party. On the official web site of the party, there are lings to enable one to read the full text. One of these takes you to a flash movie and the other is a PDF but no digitised text. Has someone got a minute please to have a look and tell me what I should do? John No virus found in this incoming message. 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