From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2006 00:04:22 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1271 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Friday 03 March 2006 Number 1271 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Text from a PDF : Wayne 1 Re: Text from a PDF : John Angelico" 2 Re: Text from a PDF : Robert Traynor (BobT)" **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 03:47:02 +0930 From: Wayne Subject: Re: Text from a PDF ** Reply to note from "John Angelico" Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:41:01 +1100 (AEDT) > I am currently using GSview 4.3. In the menus there is Edit---Text extract then you can select which page(s) you want to print Cheers Wayne > Hi everybody. > > A long time ago (at least two releases) I was able to use Ghostscript and > GSView to extract the text from a PDF. > > With GSView v4.5 and Ghostscript v8.52 I can't seem to find the ps2text > utility anymore. > > Can anyone please explain what has happened? > > Can anyone (else) explain how to restore that facility, please? > > > > Best regards > John Angelico > OS/2 SIG > os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or > talldad at kepl dot com dot au > ___________________ > > PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico > .... What we go after here determines where we go hereafter > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:36:04 +1100 (AEDT) From: "John Angelico" Subject: Re: Text from a PDF On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 03:47:02 +0930, Wayne wrote: Hi Wayne. >** Reply to note from "John Angelico" Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:41:01 >+1100 (AEDT) >> > > >I am currently using GSview 4.3. In the menus there is Edit---Text extract >then you can select which page(s) you want to print > Ah, trap for young players, I'm afraid. I should have said before, that option gives a little message to say "Use File Convert with pswrite or pdfwrite" However, using File Convert with pdfwrite gives me a raw PDF ie. binary file. Since that *used to* give me the text extract, I am wanting to know how it happened and how to get it back to an un-broken state. Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ PMTagline v1.50 - Copyright, 1996-1997, Stephen Berg and John Angelico .... The best way to cope with change is to help create it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:03:24 +1000 From: "Robert Traynor (BobT)" Subject: Re: Text from a PDF Hi John, Until you find a fix for the problem, perhaps a work around might be to try another program. This MAY be of some interest:- -------------- Subject: [VOICENWS] SW: Xpdf 3.01pl2 From: Mikkel C. Simonsen (mcsDESPAM at DESPAMpost5.tele.dk) I have just updated my old Xpdf 3.0 port to the lastest version (3.01pl2) and uploaded it to Hobbes (file name xpdf-3.01pl2.zip). Xpdf can be used to convert PDF files to text or PostScript, display PDF file information or extract images from PDF files. Only needs EMX - no strange Innotek DLLs... Url: -------------- HTH, Robert Traynor (BobT). 3 March 2006 13:02 On Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:36:04 +1100 (AEDT), John Angelico wrote: > On Fri, 3 Mar 2006 03:47:02 +0930, Wayne wrote: > > Hi Wayne. > > >** Reply to note from "John Angelico" Wed, 01 Mar 2006 20:41:01 > >+1100 (AEDT) > >> > >I am currently using GSview 4.3. In the menus there is Edit---Text extract > >then you can select which page(s) you want to print > > > Ah, trap for young players, I'm afraid. > > I should have said before, that option gives a little message to say "Use > File Convert with pswrite or pdfwrite" > > However, using File Convert with pdfwrite gives me a raw PDF ie. binary file. > > Since that *used to* give me the text extract, I am wanting to know how it > happened and how to get it back to an un-broken state. > > > Best regards > John Angelico ,-._|\ Robert Traynor (BobT) / Oz \ email rtraynor at removeme.optusnet dot com dot au \_,--.x/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------