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From: John E. Brandt
Date: Nov 24, 2005 11:00AM

If the document is designed correctly - that is, laid out in correct order
and run through the accessibility checker in Acrobat - you should also be
able to convert the content into simple text using the Acrobat Reader. If
they did not design it correctly, the content may be out of logical order.
Also any images with out alternative attributes will be missed.

To be able to convert it to text, you need to open the document directly
with the Acrobat Reader and not through the browser plug-in.

John E. Brandt
Augusta, ME USA
www.jebswebs.com
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