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Thomas Krichel wrote on 22 April 2008 11:09 > PDF is a format, not a software package. Yes, understood. We get many conference proceedings as PDF files. We get them as Word files too, which OK. However, we also get them from time to time in software packages which are less easy to deal with but, as I said, I won't go into that today. > There are free, open-source > PDF readers around, such as xpdf > > http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ We're all using Acrobat Reader 8 at present in our library, I believe. > With a bit of fiddling, it should be possbile to write a script > that splits the large PDF file into smaller files per paper > given at the conference. I'll see whether our IT dept. can do this for us. -- Sheila Thomas BA MCLIP MWeldI Weldasearch Manager [log in to unmask] TWI Ltd, Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AL, UK http://www.twi.co.uk TWI Ltd Registered Number: 3859442 England Registered Office: Granta Park, Great Abington, Cambridge, CB21 6AL, UK _______________________________________________________________________ The information in this e-mail is confidential, and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the person(s) specified in the above address. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised, and any disclosure, copying, distribution or other use of this e-mail is prohibited and may be unlawful. We will not under any circumstances have any responsibility or liability arising out of or in connection with any unauthorised use of this e-mail. Please inform us if this message has gone astray before deleting it. Please note that all e-mail is monitored. When sending e-mails to TWI, please help us by including your name, company, and details in your e-mail signature. Seeking Technical Information? Industrial Members can access data as JoinIT registrants on http://www.twi.co.uk _______________________________________________________________________