[OPLINTECH] PDF tools

[Ed Liddle]

On Wed, 2006-03-01 at 13:56 -0500, Jeff Franklin wrote:
> I have the opposite request.  Is there a program (again perferrably free)
> that will take a pdf file and convert it to other formats such as Microsoft
> Word without losing formatting such as bolds, italics, underlines, tab
> positions, hanging indents, line spacing, margins, alignments,
> justifications, etc?
>  
> Thanks,
>  
> Jeff Franklin
> Norwalk Public Library
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oplintech-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at oplin.org]On
> Behalf Of Jamie Mason
> Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2006 12:27 PM
> To: oplintech at oplin.org
> Subject: [OPLINTECH] PDF tools
> 
> 
> 
> Hello, 
> Do any of you use applications (preferrably free) on your public PCs that
> allow patrons to convert various documents into PDF??
> 
> I have a specific problem with Microsoft Publisher, but would like to allow
> that patrons to convert any document into PDF to email, etc....
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> 
> Jamie L. Mason, MCP, Technology Manager 
> Avon Lake Public Library 
>  <mailto:jmason at avonlake.lib.oh.us> jmason at avonlake.lib.oh.us 
>  <http://www.avonlake.lib.oh.us> www.avonlake.lib.oh.us 
> 440.933.6418    FAX: 440.933.6406 
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Jeff,

xpdf has a utility (pdftotext) to convert pdf files to text files.  The
man page listed an option -layout to preserve as much as possible the
layout of the text. From their website, it looks like pdftotext will run
on windows. 

http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/about.html

"Xpdf runs under the X Window System on UNIX, VMS, and OS/2. The non-X
components (pdftops, pdftotext, etc.) also run on Win32 systems and
should run on pretty much any system with a decent C++ compiler."

Hope this helps
-- 
Ed Liddle

Computer Technician
Marysville Public Library
231 S. PLUM ST.
MARYSVILLE, OH  43040
(937)642-1876 ext.45
http://www.marysvillelib.org