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LoisWakeman · 02-10-2005, 06:36 AM

Hi all, my first queston in the new forum.

A very naive user at my client has just sent me a PDF file to extract text for a user guide. The text comes out as strings of binary characters (extract below), and if I look in the properties/fonts dialogue, the font given is Type 1 of a face I have never heard of (called PSOwsthelpvs). The encoding says "Custom".

&" 0##
)*

.
!!',
&' ( )
( ( ( + ' 5 1.2 # $ & # 7 ( 3 ''

Is there any simple way to get at the text, or do I need to type it in from the display? AFAIK, their DMS uses Acrobat 5 for imaging, and I haven't had this problem in the past. I don't have ATM, but can use either Acrobat 4 or 6 to investigate if needed.

02-10-2005, 06:36 AM	#1
LoisWakeman Staff Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Uplyme, Devon, England Posts: 1,402	PDF document encoding Hi all, my first queston in the new forum. A very naive user at my client has just sent me a PDF file to extract text for a user guide. The text comes out as strings of binary characters (extract below), and if I look in the properties/fonts dialogue, the font given is Type 1 of a face I have never heard of (called PSOwsthelpvs). The encoding says "Custom". &" 0## )* . !!', &' ( ) ( ( ( + ' 5 1.2 # $ & # 7 ( 3 '' Is there any simple way to get at the text, or do I need to type it in from the display? AFAIK, their DMS uses Acrobat 5 for imaging, and I haven't had this problem in the past. I don't have ATM, but can use either Acrobat 4 or 6 to investigate if needed. __________________ Lois Wakeman http://lois.co.uk http://communicationarts.co.uk http://i4info.blog.co.uk

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