[nfbcs] "empty" pdf

[Bryan Schulz]

why?
i have done the same into word or notepad with jaws still active.
Bryan Schulz


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dr. Denise M Robinson" <deniserob at gmail.com>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, January 10, 2014 7:40 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] "empty" pdf


> Yes, turn off jaws, do a ctrl a to select all, ctrl c to copy, alt tab to
> word and paste with ctrl v then hit the ctrl key and let go which takes 
> you
> into paste options then hit t to keep text only which essentially turns
> that image into text---then turn jaws back on and read
>
> Denise
>
>
> On Fri, Jan 10, 2014 at 8:36 AM, Tracy Carcione <carcione at access.net> 
> wrote:
>
>> I've received a pdf attachment with a file length of 35 KB, but when I
>> open it Adobe says it's an empty document.
>> If I were at home, I'd feed it through Kurzweil, but I don't have 
>> Kurzweil
>>  on this PC.
>> I tried Jaws convenient OCR, but it wouldn't start.
>> Are there other ways to get at the data in this doc?
>> Thanks.
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
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