[ubuntu-za] How to copy text from PDF file (URGENT) - SOLVED!!

[frans]

On 11/05/14 14:27 PM, Ian Whitfield wrote:
>
>
>
> On 12/05/2011 12:50, ubuntu-za-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
>> Message: 1
>> Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 20:43:22 +0200
>> From: Ian Whitfield<whitfield at federalsaints.net>
>> To: Ubuntu List<ubuntu-za at lists.ubuntu.com>
>> Subject: [ubuntu-za] How to copy text from PDF file (URGENT)
>> Message-ID:<4DCAD8CA.3000000 at federalsaints.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed
>>
>> Hi all
>>
>> I'm running Kubuntu 10.04 and have to copy text from PDF files.
>>
>> Some work, others don't so they must have copy protection set. I Googled
>> for ideas and have tried different Readers, PDF2PS and then PS2PDF, Open
>> in Gimp and save as JPG and then open in OO and convert to PDF again.
>> Nothing works for me!!
>>
>> Has anyone got a foolproof way of doing this as it is rather urgent as I
>> have to finish a project.
>>
>> Thanks a lot
>>
>> Ian Whitfield.
> Thanks to all who replied to my question. In particular to William who 
> put me onto a fantastic program - 'gImageReader'!!
>
> It works great and has also solved my OCR problem as well. It's MUCH 
> more accurate than the others I've tried and has saved me lots of time.
>
> I now print out any protected PDF pages I need,
you might try printing to pdf, it might save some paper, pdfcreator from 
pdfforge.org is very nice and you can even save as jpg. (only windows 
drivers unfortionately :( ) linux do however also have a pdf printer 
available, wich might be of use.
> scan them to a jpeg and run them through gImageReader. This process 
> works 100%! And the program brings up both the original image and the 
> OCR result side-by-side so you can proof and correct right away. No 
> need for a separate step for this.
>
> Thanks again guys.
>
> Ian Whitfield
> /
> ///
>

-- 
When working on a computer you have to know enough:
  To fake what you don't know.
  Google what you can't fake.
  How (and when) to 'motivate' the computer to do what Google won't tell.