Guest guest Posted November 15, 2002 Report Share Posted November 15, 2002 Thanks Jeanne for the urls to 3ABN and the other one. Very good things there! Too bad the pumpkin recipes in 3ABN were in PDF format, so one cannot add them to document files and/or tamper with them (I can't resist tampering with any recipe, LOL). With PDF, the only thing you can do is print them out and then copy them ;-( I suppose they did it so that the name of the copyright owner is always present under the recipe. Maybe scanning too would make the trick, if one has a good OCR, but all this could be avoided with plain normal text webpages, wouldn't it? Irene Towards_health_and_beauty/ Friendly support and guidance to everyone struggling with weight and wellness problems. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2002 Report Share Posted November 15, 2002 3ABN...Is that the Evangelical group? If so, I received a vegan recipe booklet from them that is WONDERFUL, and it was free;) Warmly, Allison --- Irene Maradei <shantima wrote: > Thanks Jeanne for the urls to 3ABN and the other > one. Very good things > there! > > Too bad the pumpkin recipes in 3ABN were in PDF > format, so one cannot add > them to document files and/or tamper with them (I > can't resist tampering > with any recipe, LOL). With PDF, the only thing you > can do is print them out > and then copy them ;-( I suppose they did it so > that the name of the > copyright owner is always present under the recipe. > Maybe scanning too would make the trick, if one has > a good OCR, but all this > could be avoided with plain normal text webpages, > wouldn't it? > > Irene > > Towards_health_and_beauty/ > Friendly support > and guidance to everyone struggling with weight and > wellness problems. > > > > > Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 16, 2002 Report Share Posted November 16, 2002 On Sat, 16 Nov 2002 06:42:21 +0200, you wrote: >Thanks Jeanne for the urls to 3ABN and the other one. Very good things >there! > >Too bad the pumpkin recipes in 3ABN were in PDF format, so one cannot add >them to document files and/or tamper with them (I can't resist tampering >with any recipe, LOL). With PDF, the only thing you can do is print them out >and then copy them ;-( I suppose they did it so that the name of the >copyright owner is always present under the recipe. >Maybe scanning too would make the trick, if one has a good OCR, but all this >could be avoided with plain normal text webpages, wouldn't it? > Irene, I used to think this too. Then I found out about the 'text grabbing tool' in Adobe Acrobat Reader. I can copy text to other programs using this tool. So you could copy the recipes to another program: a word processor or whatever. Maybe.... because.... Sometimes this works and sometimes it doesn't. I believe the person who creates the PDF file can use an option to enable or disable this. But you could try it. When it works, it works in the usual Windows-style: you highlight the text, then use Control-C to copy it to the clipboard, then use Control-V to paste it into the other program. The 'text grabbing tool' is a button on the menu at the top of Acrobat Reader. It's an uppercase letter 'T' with a little box next to it. Pat -- Pat Meadows Books, books! Low prices. Music CDs too! http://www.wellsborocomputing.com/sales.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You are posting as a guest. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.