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To: neverdem
Could you show me how to make PDF to HTML conversions, or where to find out?

Well, it can be somewhat simple if you're running Linux. There is a program called pdftohtml that will perform an automatic conversion for you. On the the particular file in question though, I really didn't like the output at all, so I used  pdftotext to convert it to ascii, then I did the markup manually. Took me about six hours to do the decision I linked. I'm not sure if there are any dos/windows equivalents, but I'd be somewhat suprised if not.

If you can burn a DVD or CD, you can download Knoppix or one of the other live Linux operating systems, just about all distributions come with both pdftotext and pdftoascii. You could boot off of Knoppix and do the conversion, then copy the file to a usb drive or something.

If you have something that is fairly simple, you could freepmail me and I'll try to help.

364 posted on 03/21/2007 5:32:52 PM PDT by zeugma (MS Vista has detected your mouse has moved, Cancel or Allow?)
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To: zeugma
Took me about six hours to do the decision I linked.

I'm in your debt. Thank you.

I'm not sure if there are any dos/windows equivalents, but I'd be somewhat suprised if not.

I'll try to remember that.

If you have something that is fairly simple, you could freepmail me and I'll try to help.

Thanks for the offer. I'll save your name next to that link. I'm a hard science and medicine junkie. If you have a question, except about computers, maybe I can return the favor.

377 posted on 03/21/2007 6:34:16 PM PDT by neverdem (May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you're dead.)
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