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Topic: PDF to Text gives gibberish (Read 4899 times)
renluop
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PDF to Text gives gibberish
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August 05, 2011, 06:43:54 PM »
When I attempt to convert a pdf opened in Adobe Reader X to text by any variant of copy/ paste, the result is a gibberish of various signs, and not the expected text.
Can anyone advise solution, please?
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roseway
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Re: PDF to Text gives gibberish
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August 05, 2011, 06:55:55 PM »
This probably isn't helpful, but I just tried it on Adobe Reader 9 on Linux, and it worked fine. I just dragged the mouse over a section and hit Ctrl+C.
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Eric
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Re: PDF to Text gives gibberish
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August 06, 2011, 07:42:02 AM »
Unless you are forced to use Adobe I would dump it for something lighter and more friendly.
I use PDF Viewer
http://www.tracker-software.com/product/pdf-xchange-viewer
and find it very much better than the Adobe bloatware that so often carries major vulnerabilities.
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scottiesmum
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Re: PDF to Text gives gibberish
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August 06, 2011, 08:21:52 AM »
I use Foxit Reader ( version 5 now ) super little programme
http://cnet.co/pafcoR
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tuftedduck
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Re: PDF to Text gives gibberish
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August 06, 2011, 08:24:59 AM »
Some PDFs are subject to copyright and cannot be copied succesfully.
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renluop
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Re: PDF to Text gives gibberish
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August 06, 2011, 01:48:27 PM »
Thanks for replies
No copyright issues with the item in question.
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