From: Earle Martin Date: 19:52 on 25 Feb 2007 Subject: Copying text in Adobe Acrobat Reader SSBoYXZlIGEgUERGIGRvY3VtZW50LiBJdCBpcyBvcGVuIGluIG15IGJyb3dzZXIgdmlhIEFjcm9i YXQgUmVhZGVyLiBJCndhbnQgdG8gY29weSBzb21lIHRleHQuIFNvIEkgY2xpY2tlZCB0aGUgInNl bGVjdCB0b29sIiwgaGlnaGxpZ2h0ZWQgYQpwYXJhZ3JhcGgsIHJpZ2h0LWNsaWNrZWQsIGNob3Nl ICJDb3B5IHRvIENsaXBib2FyZCIuIEluc3RlYWQgb2YgYQpjaHVuayBvZiB0ZXh0IGFib3V0IHBl cmZvcm1hbmNlIHN0YW5kYXJkcyBmb3Igc2FmZXR5IGdsYXNzIGluCmJ1aWxkaW5ncywgSSBnb3Q6 CgooW1NIVVdWA1pSVU5MUUoDUlEDV0tIA1hWSANSSQNWRElIV1wDSk9EVlYDRFFHAwpWRElIV1wD U09EVldMRlYDTFEDRVhMT0dMUUpWA0xRA1dLSAM4UUxXSEcDNldEV0hWAwpGUlFGT1hHSEcDV0tE VwNEA0ZLTE9HA1pITEpLTFFKIBQTEyBPRQMLFxgRFhkgTkoMAwpGUlhPRwNVSERWUlFERU9cA0VI A1VISkRVR0hHA0RWA1VIU1VIVkhRV0RXTFlIA1JJAwpTSFVWUlFWA0xRWVJPWUhHA0xRA0RGRkxH SFFXVgNaS0hVSANKT0RWVgNSVQNTT0RWV0xGVgMKRFVIA0xQU0RGV0hHEQM2WEZLA0QDRktMT0cP A0xJA1VYUVFMUUoDRFcDSVhPTwNWU0hIRw8DCldLSFJVSFdMRkRPT1wDR0hZSE9SU1YDREVSWFcg FCATExMgLQNSSQNOTFFIV0xGAwpIUUhVSlwDRVhXDwNFSEZEWFZIA1JJA0dMVlNIVVZMUlEDUkkD SFFIVUpcA0RXA1dLSAMKV0xQSANSSQNMUFNERlcPA1dLSANERldYRE8DTFBTREZXA0hRSFVKXANM VgMKRlJRVkxHSFVERU9cA09IVlYRCgpUaGFua3MgYSBsb3QsIEFkb2JlISBUaGF0J3MgZ29pbmcg dG8gbG9vayByZWFsbHkgZnVja2luZyBncmVhdCBwYXN0ZWQKaW50byBteSBlbmdpbmVlcmluZyBj bGFzcyBhc3Nlc3NtZW50LgoKCi0tIApFYXJsZSBNYXJ0aW4KICAgICAgICAgICAgaHR0cDovL2Rv d25sb2RlLm9yZy8KaHR0cDovL3B1cmwub3JnL25ldC9lYXJsZW1hcnRpbi8K
From: Sean O'Rourke
Date: 20:08 on 25 Feb 2007
Subject: Re: Copying text in Adobe Acrobat Reader
"Earle Martin" <hates-software@xxxxxxxx.xxx> writes:
> Instead of a chunk of text about performance standards for
> safety glass in buildings, I got:
> [control characters]
Dude, your digital rights have *so* been managed:
The authors of this document have not given you permission to
select text. Please waste your time transcribing it instead.
Love, Adobe.
Seriously, is there any piece of software hateful in more
completely independent and novel ways than Acrobat^WAdobe Reader?
Sean
From: Darrell Fuhriman Date: 02:53 on 27 Feb 2007 Subject: Re: Copying text in Adobe Acrobat Reader > The authors of this document have not given you permission to > select text. Please waste your time transcribing it instead. Take a screen shot of each page, then run it through the OCR in acrobat. A delicious irony... Darrell
From: Robert Rothenberg Date: 00:03 on 26 Feb 2007 Subject: Re: Copying text in Adobe Acrobat Reader I have a similar problem with PDFs from journal articles from before the late 90s. The PDFs were created from scanned images of the original printed pages (sometimes a bit crooked or with a crease). Whatever PDF creation software was used (possibly the commercial version of Adobe Acrobat) has some OCR so that you can copy the text. Well, sometimes the OCR works nicely, sometimes it doesn't work so well. On 25/02/07 19:52 Earle Martin wrote: > I have a PDF document. It is open in my browser via Acrobat Reader. I > want to copy some text. So I clicked the "select tool", highlighted a > paragraph, right-clicked, chose "Copy to Clipboard". Instead of a > chunk of text about performance standards for safety glass in > buildings, I got: > > ([SHUWVZRUNLQJRQWKHXVHRIVDIHW\JODVVDQG...
From: Zach White Date: 03:35 on 26 Feb 2007 Subject: Re: Copying text in Adobe Acrobat Reader On Sun, Feb 25, 2007 at 07:52:09PM +0000, Earle Martin wrote: > I have a PDF document. It is open in my browser via Acrobat Reader. I > want to copy some text. So I clicked the "select tool", highlighted a > paragraph, right-clicked, chose "Copy to Clipboard". Instead of a > chunk of text about performance standards for safety glass in > buildings, I got: *snip* The list archives, in all their broken glory, have brought me a moment of unintended humor: http://hex.hates-software.com/2007/02/25/4756ec9f.html -Zach
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