RE: Going backwards....PDF to Frame

[Jim Stauffer <JStauffer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Acrobat 5.0 does contain the ability to save as RTF. But it does not retain
paratag names and other format details so it would require a lot of manual
manipulation.

Jim Stauffer
Sr. Technical Writer
BeamReach Networks
Sunnyvale, CA
www.beamreachnetworks.com



-----Original Message-----
From: Lester C. Smalley [mailto:lsmalley@infocon.com]
Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 12:18 PM
To: Val Swisher
Cc: framers-2; Framers
Subject: Re: Going backwards....PDF to Frame


Val,

BCL Technologies makes a couple of tools that can extract the content and
formatting of a PDF: Jade and Drake.  Both require the full Acrobat package,
they can not run using only the free Acrobat Reader.  INFOCON is a reseller
of
these products. 

The following is extracted from BCL's web page descriptions of the two
tools:
-----
BCL Jade® is the simple and affordable extraction tool that facilitates
reuse of
PDF files. BCL Jade allows you to extract text, tabular data and graphics
from
PDF files and edit them in Windows applications such as Microsoft Word®,
Excel®
and Adobe Photoshop®.

BCL Jade brings inaccessible data trapped in PDF files into reuse. Through
its
"zoning" feature, BCL Jade transports the pre-selected text, tabular data
and
graphics into other applications making it fast and easy to edit the
necessary
information at hand. 
-----
BCL Drake® enables repurposing of PDF documents by automatically converting
them
to editable Rich Text Format (RTF) documents. Automatically, the software
divides the entire document into zones and instantly creates RTF output
while
preserving the original look and the feel of the original document. 

BCL Drake Plugin Software is turn-key solution for converting PDF into RTF.
Because it's installed and integrated directly into Acrobat®, you can
convert
any PDF document to RTF as easy as printing it out. The structure of the RTF
outputs will match the PDF's original structures so that the information can
be
accurately extracted and presented. BCL Drake uses Word® drawing features to
maintain the original page structure of the PDF file; allowing the presented
information to be precise.
-----Val Swisher wrote:

> Hi;
> 
> I recently had a contractor walk off with the Frame files for a client's
> project.
> 
> Now, I am in the unenviable position of having to recreate the source
> from the .pdf.
> 
> Short of typing the whole book into FrameMaker, is there some easy way
> to go FROM a .pdf TO a Frame file?
> 
> (I doubt it, but one can wish/hope/etc....right?!).
> 
> Thanks for your help.
> Val Swisher

-- Lester
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