Denis Beauregard wrote: > Hi: > > Is it possible to repair a Google ebook downloaded from > books.google.com ? > > I run a computer with Windows 98 with an original and paid > Adobe Acrobat release 5 (I think the current release is 9). > So I get continuously an error 9 (Acrobat is expensive but > they forget to hire a good programmer to write the error > messages at long...). > > Then I sent one file to a Linux computer, read it with kPDF, > printed it to a postcript file, converted back the file to > PDF format using ps2pdf12 and imported it back to the Win 98 > computer. > > The file is readable but when I try to change it, I get the > error 130 (no idea what it is). I tried to remove white pages > (won't save) or to add some bookmark (won't save). > > Any hint ? Since I completely rebuilt the file with the > PDF -> ps -> PDF process, I thought I could do what I want > with the book (in my case, adding bookmarks and read it from > Window 98 and Acrobat 5)... why not get the reader? or use a libaray computer and copy paste the text into a webmail program Hugh W -- For genealogy and help with family and local history in Bristol and district http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Brycgstow/ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:25:31 +0000, Hugh Watkins <hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing: >why not get the reader? Because if I get the reader, I will lose the writer. This kind of software won't allow someone to have on the same computer both the editor (Adobe Acrobat) and the reader (Acroread). And I need the editor to add bookmarks. >or use a libaray computer and copy paste the text into a webmail program To do this I can use directly the Web interface to search and read the books. And I can printscreen any single page or half page. Not efficient when I can find long lists. My project is to complete a database of parishes in French dioceses and provinces. For that purpose, I look for books having this kind of lists. Some dioceses are rather easy to process (a part of France has a list of all parishes) but I just can't find lists easy to process so I try to do it indirectly. I already can use books from the French national library in usable PDF format but they are not text searchable like the Google books. I have a similar project for German places. Both projects are for places in 1600-1800 period. I can read the google books when I am in Linux but not in Windows 98. Denis -- 0 Denis Beauregard - /\/ Les Français d'Amérique du Nord - www.francogene.com/genealogie--quebec/ |\ French in North America before 1721 - www.francogene.com/quebec--genealogy/ / | Maintenant sur cédérom, début à 1765 oo oo Now on CD-ROM, beginnings to 1765

"Denis Beauregard" <denis.b-at-francogene.com@fr.invalid> wrote in message news:ortfi39tu5ml4m7tmkqlb1erahk1s6682a@4ax.com... > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:25:31 +0000, Hugh Watkins > <hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing: > >>why not get the reader? > > Because if I get the reader, I will lose the writer. This kind > of software won't allow someone to have on the same computer both > the editor (Adobe Acrobat) and the reader (Acroread). And I need > the editor to add bookmarks. > Nonsense. I have multiple versions of both Acrobat Reader and Adobe Acrobat Professional installed on my computer. They all work just fine. Only one application can be set as the default application for PDFs, but you can force a file to open in your choice of app by selecting "Open With" (shift-Right click) or by running the application first, then opening the file through the File > Open menu selection. The main problem you will have is that Adobe stopped supporting Windows 98 somewhere around Acrobat 5 or 6. Regards, -David

"Denis Beauregard" <denis.b-at-francogene.com@fr.invalid> wrote in message news:ortfi39tu5ml4m7tmkqlb1erahk1s6682a@4ax.com... > On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 02:25:31 +0000, Hugh Watkins > <hugh.watkins@gmail.com> wrote in soc.genealogy.computing: > >>why not get the reader? > > Because if I get the reader, I will lose the writer. This kind > of software won't allow someone to have on the same computer both > the editor (Adobe Acrobat) and the reader (Acroread). And I need > the editor to add bookmarks. > Are you sure? I have both Reader and Acrobat installed on this pc and running well. Lesley Robertson