On 22 September 2011 07:03, Doug <dmcgarr...@optonline.net> wrote: > On 09/22/2011 01:31 AM, Sharon Kimble wrote: >> >> I have a 96 page pdf file that I need to convert to text in one run. >> I've imported it into inkscape but that only converts one page at a >> time. I've tried using pdftotext but i cant work out the syntax for >> that so am unable to test it out properly. I've tried pdfedit but that >> only works on one page at a time and doesnt convert it to text. >> >> Can anyone help me out with suggestions for converting the pdf in one >> go to text please? >> >> Many thanks >> Sharon. > > According to LibreOffice.org, there is an extension to LO that will import > pdfs. > I have not used it, so I don't know if it will read the whole file in at > once or not. > It may or may not be built in to LO 3.3, Google does not say, but if not you > should > be able to download it for that or an earlier version. > Apparently there is also a downloadable extension for OpenOffice 3.0. > (These are > very likely to be the same code.) > > Finally, if there is nothing that will read more than one page at a time, it > should be > possible to write a script that would take the labor out of it. If you > can't figure out > how to do that, somebody on the list here can probably help. (Not me--I'm a > green > novice at bash scripting!) Then share the script with the readers here--I'm > sure it > would find happy users! > > --doug > > -- > Blessed are the peacemakers...for they shall be shot at from both sides. > --A. M. Greeley > > > -- Many thanks to all, I was able to do it using pdftotext. The file was named like 'UK Households 2005' and it would not convert, so I renamed it as 'UKHouseholds2005' and it was converted straight away with no messing.
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