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martinjenniges
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August 26, 2017
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convert very old Pdf to Epub

  • August 26, 2017
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Hello,

from a belgian Site, I have found any PDFs with Law and Orders.

Those PDFs are very old and was create with AFPL Ghostscript 7.04. I cann save this PDF as Txt - but the txt has only cryptly signs. the same Problem, when I print the PDF to txt

How can I convert those PDF to Epub ?

Here the Link to this site and a PDF

http://www.scta.be/MalmedyUebersetzungen/downloads/19990503arb(1).pdf

Thank you for your answers

Martin Jenniges

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    Correct answer try67

    Hello try67,

    when I do what you write, I become in the txt-file -using with Editor- Signs as so

                   

                 

                            

         

           

       

       ! "      #   

    sorry, the copyed and pasted signs are not the same as the in Editor

    Can you download the PDF from the Link, which I have posted and can you save this as a correct txt-File ?

    Thank you very much

    Martin


    Right, I see what you mean. The font encoding is incorrect. In that case you would have to re-create the file in order to be able to extract the text correctly. I believe you would need Acrobat to do it.

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    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 26, 2017

    With Adobe Acrobat use following steps:

    • export the pages as TIFF files
    • combine the TIFF files in a new PDF file
    • recognize text in the new file
    martinjenniges
    Participant
    August 26, 2017

    Hello, I am very sorry, Ihave forgott to write more Infos: my Adobe Acrobat reader DC Version for Windows 10

    I ask me: can I convert the old PDF online in TIFF and then with OCR generat new Text ?

    Bernd Alheit
    Community Expert
    Community Expert
    August 26, 2017

    May be possible with Adobe PDF Pack.