[AccessD] Scanning pdfs

Jim Hewson JHewson at karta.com
Wed Feb 16 16:13:13 CST 2005


I had about 100 locked PDFs that I had to unlock to get the data.
I found PDF Password Remover v2.2 to work the best.
It can be found at www.verypdf.com
I did have trouble with a few of the PDFs, I sent the help desk a copy and they sent me another version that opened the troublesome PDFs.
It only cost about $30.

HTH.
Jim

-----Original Message-----
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dmcafee at pacbell.net
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 2:40 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Scanning pdfs


John, that all depends. Do you have the full version Adobe Acrobat (not the
Free Reader)? If so you can go to Edit->Extract Pages (or Select
Text/Picture) and copy what you need.

If you don't, you can get PrimoPDF (or PDF9955) and print to a PDF printer
if you want to extract a certain page(s).

This all depends if the PDF wasn't locked down security wise, most aren't.

I got fed up dealing with incompetent parts guys and purchased an automotive
Parts book on ebay (GM doesn't sell these, why...I don't know). This thing
is a bootleg, but saves me considerable time allowing me to look up parts
that I need and checking the prices online. I wanted to extract relevant
pages to my model (and options) to have a "custom" parts manual. That's when
I found out that it was locked (as none of the above mentioned methods
worked for me this time).

It's funny that this bootleg version is protected. If someone wanted to copy
the CD and sell it, there is nothing to stop them. Anyway a quick google
search for PDF+Cracker will return many choices. If it is important enough
you can get a cracker to give you the unlock code so you can copy the text
from the PDF.

HTH

David McAfee

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John W. Colby
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 10:51 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] Scanning pdfs

Can data be extracted from a pdf?  I am looking at getting data into a
database, but the data is coming in a pdf format.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com

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