Try PDF to TXT http://EmpowermentZone.com/p2tsetup.exe It uses a couple of different approaches for extracting text from a PDF (and OCR is a *slow* third one). One of the approaches is the same as TextPal, but perhaps another might work better. Jamal On Tue, 30 Sep 2008, Kristoffer Gustafsson wrote: > Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:35:13 +0200 > From: Kristoffer Gustafsson <kg84@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Reply-To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: problem with pdf file > > Hello! > I'm trying to convert a pdf file to text since I need to read it. > It is head first c#. > however, I only get a few pages with text pal. the contents. > Please. somebody. help > /Kristoffer __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind