-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Jul 30, 2007 at 06:34:38PM -0400, Janina Sajka wrote: > I usually try explaining this as: "There are two kinds of text. One kind > is the kind you can crop and rotate, but you can't spell check it. I > need the kind you can spell check." > > People don't necessarily understand what that is, but somehow the spell > check part does gain a glimmer of understanding. > > Offered in the hope that it may be useful, but without warranty or even > an implied warranty of fitness ... ... Good suggestions. Alastair's recommendation to use gs was also a winner. What it revealed though was the original scanning by my friend which produced the pdf file, produced one out of conformance with the Adobe specs for pdf. But I now see a clear path from pdf images to ascii text. I'm tempted to spring for a flat bed scanner. It's the sane thing to do. Chuck - -- The Moon is Waning Gibbous (99% of Full) My new web site location is at: http://hallenbeck.ftml.net The early bird may get the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGrmud0maTgpPXM9cRArjiAJwPSHrE6xYaLoqFO8rDgNI0ACVitQCfQXB5 kxzGhdrrMCgd5jB/8EvQgHY= =/Vt+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
