Hi all folks,

RH 8.0
How to copy a selected paragraph/passage of a.pdf file
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I have following packages installed/running on my OS;

$ rpm -qa|grep pdf
xpdf-1.01-8
kfile-pdf-3.0.3-5
docbook-utils-pdf-0.6.11-2

also
PDF viewer/PS viewer

$ xpdf [enter]
only starts a blank page without tool bar to open document

clicking a .pdf file can read it with xpdf but without copy function.
What I need is to copy a highlighted passage and paste it onto another
document e.g. OpenOffice, Kwrite, etc.

Win Acrobat Distiller can do the job. Kindly advise whether there is
similar package from OpenSource.

Thanks in advance.

B.Regards
satimis

Adobe's acrobat reader lets you copy-paste. Install acroread and instead of xpdf run acroread <filename>.

I *believe* that an author of a document can mark the pdf file as not-to-be-copied, and disable the copy-paste function. I have seen pdf's where the copy funtion is dimmed out.

Hope it helps
mlp

An author can "lock" the PDF so that it cannot be copied (cut-paste). xpdf honors that bit, as does acroread. If you can't copy/paste, you need to retype. . .

Hi all,

Thanks for your advice. Now I have Acroread-5.06-1.2mlx installed on my OS. Copy and paste to another document work. Xpdf can't handle this job.

However I could not add a note on a PDF document similar to Win Acrobat Distiller. Is there a equivalent application from OpenSource?

B.Regards
satimis