Adobe has three options to try and read .pdf files. First is something they call an Accessibility Plugin. It must be copied/installed into the existing Acrobat directories on your computer. With this you can read the text in a .pdf file.

The second option is to use what's known as a proxy server within your web browser. In this case you need to configure your web browser to use a service run by Adobe as a proxy server. Then all your requests for web pages pass through this server and anything that's a .pdf file will be converted into the underlying text.

The final option is to use email. In this case you email the URL of a .pdf file to one of two addresses (pdf2txt@adobe.com for text and pdf2html@adobe.com for html) and receive back a converted file.

None of the options are perfect. You will get all the text but sometimes the format of the document is a bit mysterious.

You can get full details by visiting: http://access.adobe.com

Kelly Ford
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