Re: Convert a pdf to text

["Russell L. Harris" <rlharris@broadcaster.org>]

For reference in difficult cases:

xpdf allows the user (using the rodent) to define a region of text,
which then can be pasted into an editor such as XEmacs.  Left-click
(and hold) on the upper left-hand corner of the text block, drag to
the lower right-hand corner of the block, release the button, then
move to the editor page and click the center button (the wheel).

This technique is tedious, but it allows automated transcription of
complex pdf documents with multiple columns and footnotes -- documents
which command-line utilities typically fail miserably.

RLH