Re: another pdf to text problem

  • From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 1 Oct 2008 19:58:56 -0700

Check the box that says "image format".

On 10/1/08, programming <rproglock@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Could you please tell me how to find the checkbox where I set to OCR?
>
> This might be a stupid question but I can't find it.
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Bob
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: InthaneElf
>   To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>   Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:44 PM
>   Subject: Re: another pdf to text problem
>
>
>   did you check the checkbox for using the OCR function in PDF2TXT? and then
> try scanning it, it sounds like this is the age old problem of a scanned
> image used to create the .PDF, instead of a text document, and will require
> OCR to read it if it's possible to do at all.
>
>   inthane
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>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: programming
>     To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2008 2:41 PM
>     Subject: another pdf to text problem
>
>
>     Hi list,
>
>     When I open the listed pdf file into PDF-TO -TEXT, I get the following
> message:
>
>     "
>     Cannot convert August 2008 Beacon.pdf
>
>     File name=C:\PDF2TXT\PDF\August 2008 Beacon.pdf
>
>     File size=1945487
>
>     Author=Panasonic Communications Co.,LTD.
>
>     Title=Network Scan Data
>
>     Subject=MFP Image Format
>
>     Creator=HPDFlib
>
>     Producer=HPDFlib 1.01(MFP)
>
>     PDF version=1.2
>
>     Page count=15
>
>     Number of form fields=0
>
>     User Password=No
>
>     Master Password=No
>
>     Printing=Fully Allowed
>
>     Changing the Document=Allowed
>
>     Content Copying or Extraction=Allowed
>
>     Authoring Comments and Form Fields=Allowed
>
>     Form Field Fill-in or Signing=Allowed
>
>     Content Accessibility Enabled=Allowed
>
>     Document Assembly=Allowed
>
>     Encryption Level=Blank"
>
>
>
>
>     Is there any way to read this pdf file?
>
>     Jamel, would it be OK for me to send you the file so you can work with
> it? If so, what is your email address?
>
>
>     Thanks for any help you can give me as the file is one of my churches
> newsletters.
>
>     Bob


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