At 11:03 AM 3/17/2006, you wrote:
>On 3/17/06, Elliot Richmond
><<mailto:[log in to unmask]>[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > other products. The images can be imported into programs such as
> > Atlas ti either directly or by a simple "copy-and-paste."
>
>
>Is this always true? With, say, protected files for which even Adobe
>Acrobat or Reader drop-and-drag or copy facilities are disabled?
>I've just spent quite a bit of effort writing a screen-scraper
>program to get round this problem. I hope I haven't wasted my time.
No, my statement is not always true. There are edit protected files
that will not allow copy-and-paste. I have never encountered such a
file in academic research but it is certainly conceivable. Even
articles from journals seem to allow copy-and-paste. I have
encountered such files in other contexts.
There is always the brute force method -- print out the file and scan
it back into the computer using OmniPage or some such.
But, I regret that you you may have wasted your time. See
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/pdfpwremover.html
and
http://www.verypdf.com/pwdremover/remove-pdf-protection.htm
and
http://www.topshareware.com/PDF-Recover-download-10411.htm
Note that these programs, while they are called password removers, do
not open password encrypted files. They just remove the
copy-and-paste edit protection.
Elliot Richmond, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Astronomy
Austin Community College
Austin, Texas
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