PDF Converter

[Janina Sajka]

You don't need that. If you're running Linux you probably already have,
or can easily get and use pdftotext -- that's "pdf to text" all run
together.

Glenn at home writes:
> I am pretty sure that I saw a version of Adobe fr Linux at the Adobe site.
> Glenn
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Guitar Jack and Seetbriar" <jammerman at ispwest.com>
> To: "Glenn at home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>
> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 11:45 PM
> Subject: Re: Re: PDF Converter
> 
> 
> Hi Glenn
> Thanks but I'm not running windows. Linux for me. Now and always! Don't
> like windoze!
> 
> Best Of It
> Jack
> :)
> 
> On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Glenn at home wrote:
> 
> /go   to
> /http://www.jfwlite.com
> /and follow the programs link to find Adobe  5.1 for win98 or 6  for XP, and
> /with  either of these programs, under file, you can export to text.
> /Glenn
> /
> /----- Original Message -----
> /From: "Guitar Jack and Seetbriar" <jammerman at ISPWEST.COM>
> /To: <BLIND-L at LISTSERV.UARK.EDU>
> /Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 8:19 PM
> /Subject: Re: PDF Converter
> /
> /
> /As I understand you must now send them an URL. they won't just convert a
> /file into text anymore and send it back to you. The one at wisconsen seems
> /to a
> /thing of the past..
> /
> /Best Of It
> /Jack
> /:)
> /
> /On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Jeff Kenyon wrote:
> /
> //Hi Doug and the group.  What is the status on the translation services
> //where you could E-mail your pdf stuff to get translated?  I have had no
> //luck with either University of Wisconsin or adobe.
> //
> //
> //
> //
> //
> //On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Doug Kaufman wrote:
> //
> //> You need to give us more details on what you want to do, and on what
> //> platform. Did you want to convert pdf to html, to text, or to some
> //> other format? What did you want to turn into pdf: text, html, or
> //> something else? Almost any image can be turned into pdf by printing to
> //> a redirected postscript printer. There are several Windows programs
> //> to help you do this. The most versatile free program for converting
> //> from pdf is probably ghostscript, although not the easiest to use. To
> //> convert html to postscript, the usual answer is "htmldoc". If you just
> //> want to convert pdf to text, the best bet is "pdftotext" from the xpdf
> //> distribution.
> //>                               Doug
> //>
> //> On Mon, 1 Nov 2004, Mark Blier wrote:
> //>
> //> > Does anyone know of a good program to convert to and from PDF?
> Thanks.
> //>
> //> --
> //> Doug Kaufman
> //> Internet: dkaufman at rahul.net
> //>
> //
> /
> /
> /
> 
> 
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				Janina Sajka, Chair
				Accessibility Workgroup
				Free Standards Group (FSG)

janina at freestandards.org	Phone: +1 202.494.7040