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Thread poster: Malamati Tzonou
Malamati Tzonou
Malamati Tzonou
Local time: 13:49
English to Greek
Jun 14, 2005

Hello. I need to count the words from a 30 pages long document, which is in PDF. It's an article from an e-book and it does not allow me to copy-paste into Word in order to do that, like I usually do. Any ideas?
 
Uldis Liepkalns
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Please use also Forum search Jun 14, 2005

This is one of the most frequently discussed topics. I am sure you will find many useful suggestions in past threads using

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feature.

Sincerely,

Uldis

malamati wrote:

Hello. I need to count the words from a 30 pages long document, which is in PDF. It's an article from an e-book and it does not allow me to copy-paste into Word in order to do that, like I usually do. Any ideas?
 
Michael Hesselnberg (X)
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you can Jun 14, 2005

try Readiris, there is a 30 days trial for free:

http://www.irislink.com/opt/uk/products/readiris/pc/

Michael
 
Giuliana Buscaglione
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German to Italian
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It is password protected or anyway protected.. Jun 14, 2005

Hi,

Check with CTRL+D: you'll see what you can do with that PDF. Even an OCR program such us FineReader can't convert a PDF into a MS Word file, if the file is protected. You'll have to ask your client for the password or for a copy with option copy enabled.

Giuliana
 


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