no idea how well it works, but there's something called pdftotext on athena, so you can probably find it on the web.(the url in its manpage, www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ , doesn't seem to have pdftotext anymore but i didn't look hard).
Acrobat will let you save out in rtf or possibly text only formats--*if* the file has text in it, and isn't just a tif converted to pdf. Formatting can get odd, however.
Acrobat's text select tool (even in the reader) will let you highlight text, copy it, & paste it elsewhere. The object select tool will let you grab images & paste them elsewhere, so you can grab bits of graphs & such.
And if it's particularly complex or long, email me & I'll throw more possibilities at you.
You use Mac don't you??? The program you need is the complete Adobe Acrobat... When the Coast Guard sent me my Acrobat, then sent me a windows and a MAC version... Would you mind terribly if I stored my spare CD-ROM of Acrobat at your place??? Purely as a back up, of course ;)
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Date: 2003-12-22 05:49 pm (UTC)www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ , doesn't seem to have pdftotext anymore but i didn't look hard).
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Date: 2003-12-22 05:54 pm (UTC)There are also several shareware and commercial converters available.
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Date: 2003-12-22 06:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-12-22 06:04 pm (UTC)I could do do some for you.
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Date: 2003-12-22 07:09 pm (UTC)Acrobat's text select tool (even in the reader) will let you highlight text, copy it, & paste it elsewhere. The object select tool will let you grab images & paste them elsewhere, so you can grab bits of graphs & such.
And if it's particularly complex or long, email me & I'll throw more possibilities at you.
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Date: 2003-12-22 07:12 pm (UTC)