[PLUG] Extract Image from pdf

Richard C. Steffens rsteff at comcast.net
Mon Jul 5 04:43:57 UTC 2010


John Jason Jordan wrote:
>> On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 4:01 PM, Richard C. Steffens
>> <rsteff at comcast.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> Any favorite tools for extracting/converting a pdf image to another
>>> image format?
>>>       
> Also, try Okular. You can select areas and save them to the clipboard
> as images or as text (if the PDF has text, which apparently yours do
> not). Once you have the images you can rearrange them with something
> like Scribus, then export a new PDF.
>   

Yes, that is the plan: to cut the image up into smaller pieces and 
rearrange them into something more readable on the screen. I assumed I'd 
use OO Writer, since that's what I'm most familiar with. But a page 
layout tool is probably more appropriate. Thanks for the suggestion.

-- 
Regards,

Dick Steffens
 




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