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Re: [Sheflug] Convert JPEG to Acsii



John

> Do you still have access to the pdf files?

Yes.  In front of me.

> It might be easier to use one of the pdf-to-text tools if the pdf
> supports it (Some pdf files are locked to prevent editing).
> A quick look at something like Tux magazine May 2005 opened in
> Adobe Reader, lets me select text and yank.
> I can them paste this into any text editor and then manipulate it
> at leisure.
>
> Xpdf has a similar tool called pdftotext.

Hmmm...  pdftotext file.pdf file.txt generates an empty file.  Maybe I 
need an option somewhere.  Man pdftotext isn't all that helpful


-- 
Richard

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