2009/11/9 Erik <esi...@gmail.com>: > Mick skrev: >> I am trying to copy some text from a pdf file which has been >> protected, most likely using Adobe on a MSWindows machine. When I >> select some text, the new KDE4 pdf viewer (Okular) shows the 'copy >> text' right click menu greyed out: >> >> "Copy forbidden by DRM". >> >> I can still copy the text as an image. >> >> Xpdf does not even allow me to copy it as an image after selection. >> >> I can't remember what the case was with KDE 3.5.10 and kpdf - either >> way, is there an application or trick which would allow me to edit the >> pdf file in question and add comments, or cut and paste its textual >> content into a word file and edit it there? There's a lot of text >> that I need to edit and would rather not have to retype it all ... >> > > I noticed that Okular has the option "Obey DRM restrictions" enabled by > default. I do not know why this was changed. As far as I remember, in > KPDF, it was a compile-time option that was disabled default, and if it > was enabled at compile time, it would appear as a normal option (like in > Okular now), but be disabled by default. Just try to turn it off.
Nice! Thank you. :-) -- Regards, Mick
