On 11/9/2009 7:24 AM, Mick wrote:
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. :-)
Wow...that makes Okular illegal in the US under the DMCA for
circumventing DRM...
That's dumb, even dumber than software patents...
Marcus
