Wanda, You can copy the file but it is a "picture" - not text. It will have to be retyped or scanned as text in a scanner. If you scan as text, you will need to go back and check your copy against the original. OCR is great when you scan a clean page but if there are any marks on the page - or even shadows - the scanner will read them as keyboard characters. Most of these files have a font with fuzzy edges and they are not scanning well. I still think the best bet is to print out the file if you have a printer and then re-type. Gina "Wanda K. Ellerbee" wrote: > > I have been reading very carefully all of the instructions about converting > from pdf to txt and have learned a lot. Thanks to all who have furnished > this info. But when I get the info pasted into my word processor (Word) it > is still as though it is "selected" and I cannot do any editing. I have > tried the "save as" but that does not seem to be an option for me. Any > suggestions here. Thanks, ...Wanda Ellerbee... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Rondina7@aol.com> > To: <TXLIMEST-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 6:14 PM > Subject: Re: [TXLIMEST] Limestone county cemeteries > > > Limestone Listers, > > > > There is a way to convert PDF files to Word documents by choosing SELECT > ALL > > under EDIT on the tool bar and doing a copy and paste. Harvey turned this > > option off on his PDF software, most likely for copyright purposes. Is > anyone > > aware that retyping Harvey's lists and publishing them on the Limestone > site is a > > copyright violation? > > > > Rondina > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > > http://www.rootsweb.com~txlimest/ > > List adminstrator is David Morgan, dmorgan@efn.org > > > > > > ==== TXLIMEST Mailing List ==== > http://www.rootsweb.com~txlimest/ > List adminstrator is David Morgan, dmorgan@efn.org -- Gina Heffernan I wear a lot of hats!