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Mikie
I can READ the PDF manual using Adobe Acrobat 9. Hassle!
I can PRINT the PDF, but all186 pages is too expensive.
Is there anyway I can convert it to a TEXT FILE so I can save it to my
USB Drive??
Ever try CANON for technical Help...? LOL here means Lots OF LUCK, not
lots of laughs!
A million thanx!!!
Mikie
Keith nuttle
security settings in the file it may or may not work.
If you have MS Office or a demo version as comes on a new computer you
may have MS Image Writer, if so print it to image write and then do an
OCR and copy the text to a new file.
Why do you find using the PDF file a hassle? The easiest would be to
copy the PDF file to the USB drive. (I assume this to be a flash, thumb,
etc drive.
Using the Adobe, there are so many ways to view a document. Have you
tried to reduce the zoom to a minimum and use the Loupe tool in adobe?
DanP
sorry, no ideas mate to address your question directly.
some things to consider:
1.even if you strip the pdf file of images the resulting file will
have no meaning as it shows you icons on the dial or screen or where
to plug your usb cable. you get the idea
2.read skipping the bs for idiots and stop on things you need. it's ok
to skip, you can read it again later. it wont take a lot and chances
are you will never need to read the manual again, at most go straight
to what you have missed before and clarify. searching in pdf's is
easy.
3.if you are handy with computers later on make yourself a chdk sd
card. the chdk help file is in txt format an can be put in camera to
be read.
i own a canon sx100 is
DanP
> Mikie wrote:
> > I own a A470. The manual included is a minor waste of time.
>
> > I can READ the PDF manual using Adobe Acrobat 9. Hassle!
>
> > I can PRINT the PDF, but all186 pages is too expensive.
>
> > Is there anyway I can convert it to a TEXT FILE so I can save it to my
> > USB Drive??
>
> > Ever try CANON for technical Help...? LOL here means Lots OF LUCK, not
> > lots of laughs!
>
> > A million thanx!!!
>
> > Mikie
>
> If you have Adobe 9. you can try to save it as text, depending on the
> security settings in the file it may or may not work.
i've dl the file and it is well secured. secure against users.
> If you have MS Office or a demo version as comes on a new computer you
> may have MS Image Writer, if so print it to image write and then do an
> OCR and copy the text to a new file.
can work but you have to be holding a gun to make me do it. tedious!
> Why do you find using the PDF file a hassle? The easiest would be to
> copy the PDF file to the USB drive. (I assume this to be a flash, thumb,
> etc drive.
>
> Using the Adobe, there are so many ways to view a document. Have you
> tried to reduce the zoom to a minimum and use the Loupe tool in adobe?
bingo! do that for every page, save the images and upload them to a
separate folder in the camera!
ermmm, better find a tool to print to jpg, 184 pages in that file.
google "print+to+jpg"
i am not endorsing any program.
Jürgen Exner
>I own a A470. The manual included is a minor waste of time.
>
>I can READ the PDF manual using Adobe Acrobat 9. Hassle!
>
>I can PRINT the PDF, but all186 pages is too expensive.
>
>Is there anyway I can convert it to a TEXT FILE so I can save it to my
>USB Drive??
I have no idea what you are trying to do and why you are asking this
question this particular way:
- PDF _is_ a text file format
- what is so special about your USB drive that you can't just copy any
file, including that PDF file, to it?
If you simply want to save the content of the PDF file as plain text
(called TXT on Windows) then what's wrong with using "Save as text" in
Adobe Reader? Or with Ctrl-A Ctrl-C in Adobe Reader and Ctrl-V in
Notepad?
Sorry if I'm barking up the wrong tree, but your question seems to throw
some red herrings around.
jue
J. Clarke
Wait a minute, are you suggesting storing the manual in the camera as
images so they can be viewed on the LCD? If so, that's one of the
cleverest notions I've heard of in a long time.
> google "print+to+jpg"
>
> i am not endorsing any program.
--
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--John
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Floyd L. Davidson
>Wait a minute, are you suggesting storing the manual in the camera as
>images so they can be viewed on the LCD? If so, that's one of the
>cleverest notions I've heard of in a long time.
The typical LCD on a DSLR is large enough to use for
viewing an reasonable image from a typical manual...
However, at least Nikon (and I wouldn't doubt others too)
has a ? key next to the LCD, and for any given
menu item currently selected on the screen a text help
page (in essence, "the manual") is available at the
press of that key.
--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.apaflo.com/floyd_davidson>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) fl...@apaflo.com
Dave Cohen
> "J. Clarke" <jclarke...@cox.net> wrote:
>> Wait a minute, are you suggesting storing the manual in the camera as
>> images so they can be viewed on the LCD? If so, that's one of the
>> cleverest notions I've heard of in a long time.
>
> The typical LCD on a DSLR is large enough to use for
> viewing an reasonable image from a typical manual...
>
> However, at least Nikon (and I wouldn't doubt others too)
> has a ? key next to the LCD, and for any given
> menu item currently selected on the screen a text help
> page (in essence, "the manual") is available at the
> press of that key.
>
But then the Canon A470 isn't your typical dslr.
Dave Cohen
Floyd L. Davidson
It's 2.5" LCD screen is rather typical.
FrankBaum
Unfortunately, the Canon PDF manuals are password locked. But you can
easily remove the password protection on them with "PDF Password Cracker
Pro" from www.crackpdf.com
Then use the "save as text" option in Adobe Reader. Or better, use "Foxit
Reader" which saves more of the original formatting and converts some odd
unicode characters to more standard characters.
As someone else mentioned this will remove all the important icons,
diagrams, and graphics. You might want to use "PDF to Word RTF Converter"
from www.bluelabelsoft.de . This will save the document in a more generic
RTF format with all graphics and table formatting intact. Most any decent
document editor can open, view, and edit RTF files.
On checking, it appears the author no longer offers this software, so you
may have to hunt down some software archives to find it. The reason that I
suggest this one and why it is worth finding is that is better than all
other PDF to RTF converters that I've ever tested. (Adobe probably didn't
like this and must have caused too many problems and headaches with threats
to the author, causing its removal. Common corporate bullshit. They want
the whole world dependent on hugely bloated PDF formats without anyone else
being able to use any other software with the information contained in
them. Greedy totalitarians should be and need to be destroyed.)
google: "PDF to Word RTF Converter" bluelabelsoft
Saving a camera manual as a text-file to a folder on your SD card is an
excellent idea for anyone who is running CHDK for their Canon cameras
because it has a built-in text-file reader for viewing text in your
camera's viewfinder. Though you might want to edit the manual to retain
just the important sections, else trying to navigate it in CHDK's
text-reader could become difficult.
For anyone with their childish and insecure "Mommy, may I?" control-freak
heads up their asses over copyright laws, you are perfectly within your
rights to save your manual in whatever format you need for your own
purposes.
As for the suggestion to save the pages as JPG files, keep in mind that
unless the JPG files are in the same format as the camera understands them
you won't be able to view them in the camera. Most all digital cameras
won't allow you to playback edited images or with any 2nd-party images with
the wrong EXIF info embedded in them.
There are two ways around this:
1. Photograph your PDF manual on your computer screen, page by page. The
images will most certainly be in a format that can be displayed back in the
viewfinder.
OR
2. Get TVWriter from
http://www.david-taylor.myby.co.uk/software/imaging.html#TVwriter This will
convert most any JPG file into a compatible format that your camera can
display back in the LCD/EVF.
Aside: TVWriter is most handy for compiling lengthy but compact slideshow
to keep on an SD card, to show to others when traveling/vacationing, using
the Video-Out cable with your camera on your friends' and relatives' TVs.
An hour-long slideshow in 1024x768 or 640x480 image sizes will only take up
a small space on your SD card. If using CHDK on your Canon Powershot camera
use CHDK's USB-Remote feature to advance images in playback mode from the
audience-viewing distance, using a longer USB cable and your CHDK
USB-Remote switch. Then you don't have to rely on the camera's built-in
slideshow's timed image changes, allowing you to pause longer on those
images where viewers are in awe or asking questions.
Don Stauffer
Adobe reader should give you options on printing. There should be
"radio buttons" for the options. The normal options are whole thing,
pages N-M, and selection. For the latter, you select first and then
that option will print only the selection.
ray
Sure:
pdftotext (1) - Portable Document Format (PDF) to text
converter (version 3.00)
J. Clarke
Try it on a Canon manual, see what happens. The Windows text print
driver does more or less the same. The Windows Office Document Image
Writer (included with the most recent versions of MS Office) will
print the manual to black and white TIFF with "Copy" watermarked on
each page--Photoshop can then make JPGs ouf ot the TIFFs.
Gene S. Berkowitz
says...
Acrobat can print 2/4/6... pages per sheet. Print it 2 up, duplex
(double sided), and you're down to 186/2/2 = 47 sheets of paper.
Note that PDFs are already highly compressed; converting to an image
format won't make it any smaller.
If you really want it text-only, open it in Acrobat Reader. Unless
Canon has locked out text selection, just:
Press Ctrl-A (Edit.. Select All), then Ctrl-C (Edit... Copy).
Open Notepad and press Ctrl-V (Edit.. Paste). Voila.
--Gene
ray
Did that. Worked fine - absolutely no sweat.
J. Clarke
What did you do that worked fine, absolutely no sweat?
ray
I did:
pdftotext manualname.pdf output.txt
worked fine - absolutely no sweat - just as you suggested "Try it on a
Canon manual, see what happens." I downloaded a canon manual and did so.
J. Clarke
Which manual? With the 30D and A470 manuals the result is "Error:
Copying of text from this document is not allowed.".
ray
You said to "Try it on a Canon manual, see what happens." I did.
Just took another few minutes and did same on A470 user guide
(PSA470_CUG_EN.pdf) - same result - worked fine, no sweat -
"pdftotext PSA470_CUG_EN.pdf file.txt".
Also did:
"pdftotext EOS30DIM_EN.pdf file.txt" - same result - worked fine, no
sweat. I really don't have time for any more of this.
J. Clarke
Are you talking about the one included in xpdf or something else? The
one in xpdf is documented to honor the no-print flag on encrypted
files. If you are not talking about the one in xpdf then where did
you obtan it?
ray
I believe it was included in the Ubuntu 7.10 install - if not then it
came in when I installed some pdf tools. I really don't recall. Since it
also appears on my Gentoo system, I would assume it is included in most
major Linux distributions.
ray
pdftotext appears to be a part of the xpdf-utils package.