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Old 08-23-2007, 05:45 PM   #1
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.PDF and .CHM to .TXT converter


Hi all!

I have a lot of e-books in .PDF and .CHM formats on my hard drive. I want to convert them to .TXT so i can read them on my Sony Ericsson w850 java phone.....which programs could i use for that?
 
Old 08-23-2007, 06:06 PM   #2
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Quick ggogle search showed a few things. Here is one that might help.
http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/7975

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Old 08-23-2007, 06:57 PM   #3
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Quick ggogle search showed a few things. Here is one that might help.
Nice link for the CHM files. But it doesn't mention ps2ascii. I think this is part of the ghostscript package on Debian. It will dump ps or pdf files into ascii text.
 
Old 08-27-2007, 08:08 PM   #4
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Thaks for the replies, i've converted my e-books to .html and can read them on my phone's inbuilt browser...Very cool! Many Thanks!
 
  


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