Re: How to ask a question?
On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 12:58:48 -0000 (UTC)
Greg <curtyshoo@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2025-07-29, rhkramer@gmail.com <rhkramer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> On 2025-07-28, Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net> wrote:
> >> > The problem has become *MOOT*.
>
> >> No, it hasn't, and that's not what moot means.
> >
> > See the 2nd definition.
>
> I did. Why would extracting information from, or converting a PDF to a
> spreadsheet format, suddenly be subject to debate, or of no practical
> importance, just because Owlett in his particular case
> led us on yet another wild goose chase?
>
That specific task is fairly difficult to generalise, as I'm sure you
know that a PDF can contain practically anything, from a single graphic
up to a totally alien blob along with its proprietary renderer, the way
Windows Metafiles could. It is necessary to examine a particular PDF to
determine whether anything can be extracted from it other than by OCR.
--
Joe
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