If you have an OCR program, you could also try running the file through it. However, it doesn't usually provide an exact rendering of the text, and you need complete accuracy when reading things like programming books.
Allison http://www.allisonmervis.com/----- Original Message ----- From: "G.W. Cox" <gwcox2@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 12:49 PM Subject: Re: Strange Things when reading PDF files
When Adobe Reader opens and gives you options, select "Reading Order: Left-to-right, top-to-bottom.If there are graphics on the page where the text offset may be jamming words together, change the graphics verbosity with insert V and then G to show tagged and alt attributes.A tech at FS advised me to go into config manager, html options, graphics page to make those things permanent.----- Original Message ----- From: "Parham Doustdar" <parham90@xxxxxxxxx>To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2010 4:42 AM Subject: Strange Things when reading PDF filesHi there,I have seen this over and over. There are small boxes sometimes, not in story books, but rather in theory books (such as the books in the For Dummies series (E.G. programming in C++ for dummies, ASP.net for dummies) and the Idiot's Guide to whatever books) that make a line break up. Let me paste a bit of a book called the Complete Idiot's guide to Yoga that I found lying around. See?[paste] Yoga is great for teenagers, who enjoy increased health and a vibrant sense of well- already tend to be strong, flexi being. ble, and energetic. Teenagers are frequently surprised at how challenging yoga can be. The mental Yoga vs. Other Exercise focus, physical control, and spiri-Most Western forms of exercise emphasize stress tual development that come on the muscles combined with quick, harsh move-along with yoga are wonderful ments. Yoga avoids such movements, which tend therapies for adolescents whose to trigger lactic acid production in muscle fibers, hormones are raging and who leading to pain. In addition, yoga’s emphasis on may feel depressed, out of con- breathing delivers more oxygen to muscles to fur-trol, or angry, without knowingther lessen the effects of lactic acid production. why. You needn’t give up your favorite sport, however. [/paste]As you see, lines seem to get cut off, and you seem to have two things talked about in one line. Is there a way to split these two, such as a table-like structure one could navigate?Thanks! -- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.comJFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwAlternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.htmlIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx-- JFW related links: JFW homepage: http://www.freedomscientific.com/Scripting mailing list: http://lists.the-jdh.com/listinfo.cgi/scriptography-the-jdh.comJFW List instructions: To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxTo unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.Archives located at: //www.freelists.org/archives/jfwAlternative archives located at: http://n2.nabble.com/JAWS-for-Windows-f2145279.htmlIf you have any concerns about the list, post received from the list, or the way the list is being run, do not post them to the list. Rather contact the list owner at jfw-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 4811 (20100127) __________The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com
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