I hadn't seen this link posted here before, but it merits a look. This is a link to the 220 Das Journal PDF archives. Though in German only, they were quite an undertaking by the author and are fun and useful to look through. http://220dasjournal.huebsch.at/ John http://www.ztrains.com
no harm done in publicising this link again, as it is indeed excellent (and sadly missed) publication but looks like you are discovering America :teeth: again I have brought this link to the attention of Trainboard Zeds in January 06: http://www.trainboard.com/grapevine/showthread.php?t=62400 Chris
Although it is in German it can be reduced to English but it is poor reading. For anyone who wants to try 1. Capture the screen area with a "Screen Capture Program" 2. Save only the text area into a file, which is essentially a photo 3. Use a scanning program such as OmniPage 4. Run the text output through one of the translation programs on Google. 5. Read the output - German to English - or if you want build another file with the translation and photos, save it into something like Word. This does give you a translated file and you have gone from a COPY PROTECTED PDF file to a DOC file - which most say can not be done. IF the translation were better it might be worth while to do the whole works but I'll just have to stick to the photos. I was just stubborn and wanted to see if a COPY PROTECTED PDF file file could be converted to a text file - and it can ...don
copy and paste from pdf adobe always worked fine the trouble starts when somebody protected pdf file with password to stop you from copying :-( you will find that it is a mixed bag with 220dasjournal (some, but not all, are copy protected...) main value of this publication for me is in it's pictures! Chris ps just to be precise - providing you have a full adobe software (not just a free reader) and it is not copy protected, you can copy text and paste it into another software (ie Word) if it is password protected - Don's method is the only "easy" one
