[ubuntu-za] How to copy text from PDF file (URGENT) - SOLVED!!

[Ian Whitfield]

On 12/05/2011 12:50, ubuntu-za-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
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> Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 20:43:22 +0200
> From: Ian Whitfield<whitfield at federalsaints.net>
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> Subject: [ubuntu-za] How to copy text from PDF file (URGENT)
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> Hi all
>
> I'm running Kubuntu 10.04 and have to copy text from PDF files.
>
> Some work, others don't so they must have copy protection set. I Googled
> for ideas and have tried different Readers, PDF2PS and then PS2PDF, Open
> in Gimp and save as JPG and then open in OO and convert to PDF again.
> Nothing works for me!!
>
> Has anyone got a foolproof way of doing this as it is rather urgent as I
> have to finish a project.
>
> Thanks a lot
>
> Ian Whitfield.
>    
Thanks to all who replied to my question. In particular to William who 
put me onto a fantastic program - 'gImageReader'!!

It works great and has also solved my OCR problem as well. It's MUCH 
more accurate than the others I've tried and has saved me lots of time.

I now print out any protected PDF pages I need, scan them to a jpeg and 
run them through gImageReader. This process works 100%! And the program 
brings up both the original image and the OCR result side-by-side so you 
can proof and correct right away. No need for a separate step for this.

Thanks again guys.

Ian Whitfield
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