Re: Search feature in PDF files
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 10:27:14PM -0400, Roberto Sanchez wrote:
> Are there any Free Software PDF viewers that have the ability to search
> and copy/paste text and graphics? I ask because I find that sometimes
> I have to use acroread (non-free, of course) becuase I have a large PDF
> file and I need to search for a string, or copy a long selection of
> text. I would prefer to not use the non-free app, but I have come to
> rely on the search and copy functions. Are there any alternatives?
>
> I have already looked at gv, ggv, and gpdf, but it's not there in any
> of those. What does everyone else use?
>
> -Roberto
For a simple string search, the button with the binoculars in xpdf
will do the trick. Copying is limited to text using the X selection
buffer (Hilight a section and paste with the middle mouse button).
AFAIK xpdf doesn't handle image copying.
HTH
dt
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