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Re: pdf ... more OT stuff

Gee Tony that happened here also, may it was ment to do that.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Terceira" <terceira at ride_ri.net>
To: <killietalk at aka_org>
Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2002 5:34 PM
Subject: Re: pdf ... more OT stuff


>
>
>          Maybe I've just go the right combination.
>
>                          i opened Acrobat reader 4.0 which is free.
opened
> a pdf document, went to edit, select all, then copy.
>
>
>          I went to word 97 opened a word document, and then selected
> paste..............  all of the text was now in word format......... I did
> loose some illustrations and some formatting, but all of the text  was
> imported.
>
>
>          is it the word 97 combination with acrobat 4.0 or is it because I
> have the complete acrobat 4.0 program installed that it installed a link
to
> word 97 which works even though I just opened and used the acrobat reader
> 4.0 I go on the web??
>
>
>                  Maybe it's magic..................
>
>
> At 01:36 PM 3/2/02 -0800, you wrote:
>
>
> >Mark Barnett wrote:
> > >
> > > FYI, you can use the text tool in Acrobat and copy text and paste it
to a
> > > text program.
> >
> >Thanks Mark, but that simply does not work for those of us that do not
use
> >MACs and/or have the full program. It would, indeed, be nice if it did.
> >
> >[I can't decide whether to try for "utterly clueless" or work on raising
> >"User Error" into a whole new realm. Perhaps someone can enlighten me on
how
> >to copy and paste from an Acrobat "document." <VBG>]
> >
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