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OCR Software, Abby finereader &nbsp;is good.<br />
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I'll look for free ones, <br />
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these programs load many types of image files including pdfs and can pull the text out into word/excel/etc.<br />

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OCR Software, Abby finereader  is good.

I'll look for free ones,

these programs load many types of image files including pdfs and can pull the text out into word/excel/etc.


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As you can see its not 100% perfect in all circumstances, but it will make your life easier<br />
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I was actually surprised it didn't get that line, I thought it would. 
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As you can see its not 100% perfect in all circumstances, but it will make your life easier

I was actually surprised it didn't get that line, I thought it would.

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Free ocr online: simply upload your image and it will get you the text<br />
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<a href="http://www.free-ocr.com/" rel="ugc">http://www.free-ocr.com/</a>
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Free ocr online: simply upload your image and it will get you the text

http://www.free-ocr.com/ [http://www.free-ocr.com/]

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What is the best way to approach this situation.<br />
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I captured an image in Lotus Notes using Snagit 8 and saved it as a PDF file. &nbsp;I want to pull the text from the PDF image so I can manipulate it using Word or Excel. &nbsp;The whole image is just a box filled with lines of text. &nbsp;I will post the image, if possible, after I submit this question <br />
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Copy and paste leads to some funny output. &nbsp;Please advise<br />
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Thank You<br />
<br />
Mike &nbsp; &nbsp;
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What is the best way to approach this situation.

I captured an image in Lotus Notes using Snagit 8 and saved it as a PDF file.  I want to pull the text from the PDF image so I can manipulate it using Word or Excel.  The whole image is just a box filled with lines of text.  I will post the image, if possible, after I submit this question 

Copy and paste leads to some funny output.  Please advise

Thank You

Mike    

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