Re: is there a convert tool for this?

Re: is there a convert tool for this?

[Peter Billam]

I wrote:
> ps2txt ?  but I'm not sure which package it comes in :-(
> It doesn't seem to be in (debian) psutils ...

and Christopher Chaltain wrote:
> There's also pdftohtml and pdftotext.

ps2txt is part of the (debian) package ghostscript
and pdftohtml and pdftotext are part of poppler-utils

Interestingly, ps2txt and pdftotext both makes mistakes,
but they often make different mistakes in the same place ....

Peter Billam

http://www.pjb.com.au      pj@pjb.com.au     (03) 6278 9410
"Follow the charge, not the particle."  --  Richard Feynman
 from The Theory of Positrons, Physical Review, 1949

Re: is there a convert tool for this?

[Geoff Shang]

On Fri, 16 May 2014, Peter Billam wrote:

> ps2txt is part of the (debian) package ghostscript

ps2txt is actually a symlink to ps2ascii.  I say this because there is 
also pstotext which is in its own package, and which may give different 
results again.

I generally use pdftotext but I have been known to try them all if I get 
marginal results in converting a document.  pdftotext also has some nice 
features like -raw and -layout which can change the formatting of the 
output, useful if there's tables that you need to read across rather than 
by column.

Geoff.

Re: is there a convert tool for this?

[Peter Billam]

Karen wrote:
> PowerPoint presentations that are provided in pdf format ...
> I am wondering if there is a tool specifically for this format?

ps2txt ?

but I'm not sure which package it comes in :-(
It doesn't seem to be in (debian) psutils ...

Regards,  Peter Billam

http://www.pjb.com.au      pj@pjb.com.au     (03) 6278 9410
"Follow the charge, not the particle."  --  Richard Feynman
 from The Theory of Positrons, Physical Review, 1949

Re: is there a convert tool for this?

[Christopher Chaltain]

There's also pdftohtml and pdftotext.

On 05/15/2014 10:08 PM, Peter Billam wrote:
> Karen wrote:
>> PowerPoint presentations that are provided in pdf format ...
>> I am wondering if there is a tool specifically for this format?
>
> ps2txt ?
>
> but I'm not sure which package it comes in :-(
> It doesn't seem to be in (debian) psutils ...
>
> Regards,  Peter Billam
>
> http://www.pjb.com.au      pj@pjb.com.au     (03) 6278 9410
> "Follow the charge, not the particle."  --  Richard Feynman
>   from The Theory of Positrons, Physical Review, 1949
>
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Re: is there a convert tool for this?

[Jason White]

Christopher Chaltain  <blinux-list@redhat.com> wrote:
>There's also pdftohtml and pdftotext.

If you can get the original files (much better for accessibility purposes),
they can be converted to HTML with LibreOffice:
loffice --headless --convert-to html filenames

Re: is there a convert tool for this?

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi all,
Thanks for all the interesting ideas.
I have no really functional stand alone Linux box.  Or more correctly I 
have  a Linux box that I still wish to make functional.  I will see how 
many of these ideas  exists here at shellworld.
Still, I found an amazing way to convert which surprised me.
If you have access to the lynx browser, and have a gmail account, 
google will automatically convert the pdf files into html.
so I have for example mailed myself one of the pdf files containing the 
PowerPoint files.  and I am present in lynx with the "view as html." 
While I am not sure how full proof this would be with something  more 
complex, it is doing the job so far for me.
In act I just scored a 100 on my first class exam smiles.
Thanks again,
Kare

On Sat, 17 May 2014, Jason White wrote:

> Christopher Chaltain  <blinux-list@redhat.com> wrote:
>> There's also pdftohtml and pdftotext.
>
> If you can get the original files (much better for accessibility purposes),
> they can be converted to HTML with LibreOffice:
> loffice --headless --convert-to html filenames
>
>
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Re: is there a convert tool for this?

[Jude DaShiell]

try ghostscript.

On Thu, 15 May 2014, Christopher Chaltain wrote:

> There's also pdftohtml and pdftotext.
> 
> On 05/15/2014 10:08 PM, Peter Billam wrote:
> > Karen wrote:
> > > PowerPoint presentations that are provided in pdf format ...
> > > I am wondering if there is a tool specifically for this format?
> >
> > ps2txt ?
> >
> > but I'm not sure which package it comes in :-(
> > It doesn't seem to be in (debian) psutils ...
> >
> > Regards,  Peter Billam
> >
> > http://www.pjb.com.au      pj@pjb.com.au     (03) 6278 9410
> > "Follow the charge, not the particle."  --  Richard Feynman
> >   from The Theory of Positrons, Physical Review, 1949
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Blinux-list mailing list
> > Blinux-list@redhat.com
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
> >
> 
> 

jude <jdashiel@shellworld.net>

is there a convert tool for this?

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi All,
I am taking a class on investigative journalism.  the course uses a number 
of PowerPoint presentations that are provided in pdf format.
Just to be sure I am using the most flexible method for converting these 
to something else, I am wondering if there is a tool specifically for this 
format?
Say an unpowerpaint or something?
Thanks much,
Kare