Dear Vaheh, the PDF-file is not a "proper" PDF-file. It is an image encapsulated into PDF, which is why it does not contain any text!
You could try a text recognition software. In the Linux-/Unix-world, gocr is probably to most popular one. Since it is a courier font, your chances should be pretty good that it works. Tim On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 09:30:44AM -0400, Oganesyan, Vaheh wrote: > > > Colleagues, > > > > I have coordinates of "small" molecule in pdf format, i.e. its an image > of pdb file and it doesn't let me select text. The molecule has >150 > atoms, so doing it by hand is not an option. How would one go around it? > > The molecule is polymyxin B and doesn't exist in databases like CSD, > Hic-up or PDB. If some of you happen to have it please share. Thank you. > > > > PS The pdf is available from ACS website as a supplementary material and > is also attached here. > > > > Thank you. > > > > Vaheh Oganesyan, PhD > > Antibody Discovery and Protein Engineering > > MedImmune, LLC. > > 1 MedImmune Way, Gaithersburg, MD 20878 > > oganesy...@medimmune.com <mailto:oganesy...@medimmune.com> > > > > > > > To the extent this electronic communication or any of its attachments contain > information that is not in the public domain, such information is considered > by MedImmune to be confidential and proprietary. This communication is > expected to be read and/or used only by the individual(s) for whom it is > intended. If you have received this electronic communication in error, > please reply to the sender advising of the error in transmission and delete > the original message and any accompanying documents from your system > immediately, without copying, reviewing or otherwise using them for any > purpose. Thank you for your cooperation. -- -- Tim Gruene Institut fuer anorganische Chemie Tammannstr. 4 D-37077 Goettingen GPG Key ID = A46BEE1A
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