Loren does this happen on all PDF's or just some? I mean are you sure it is acrobat reader messing up or is that actually the way it is in the PDF? If you have one, you can send it to me at debbie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and I will see how it reads for me. If you can't save it to text from the menu, it might be copy protected. There are some pdf 2 txt converters, but I don't know of a free one. One thing you might try is to OCR it. I know that open book will save pdf files to text. No, you can't copy and paste from a pdf to word. Debbie ----- Original Message ----- From: "Loren buntemeyer" <lbuntemeyer@xxxxxx> To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 10:31 PM Subject: pdf files I have three questions. When I read a pdf file, some words are reading together. No spaces between the words. How do I correct this? How can I make a pdf file into text when the menu save to text is disabled? Can you copy and paste a pdf into a word doc? Loren -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To 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/jfw If 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 -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To 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/jfw If 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