Need Help with PDF Complete ???

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Need Help with PDF Complete ??? Dec 17, 2015 17:10:11 GMT

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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 17, 2015 17:10:11 GMT

I am not very well versed at all when it comes to PDF documents.

I thought that I had Adobe Reader or Acrobat or whatever; however,when I right-click the name of a PDF file, the only "open with" option is "PDF Complete"

When I web-search for information about how to accomplish various PDF tasks, everything I find is for Adobe and does not seem to work with PDF Complete.

I need to be able to highlight/select and print specific sentences in a PDF document and nothing so far I have tried has been successful.

I think maybe I can print the entire document, then scan the printed pages and save them in some other form, then go from there; but, that seems to be a more costly time consuming way to accomplish my task.

Could I accomplish this if I install Adobe ? (I am almost 100% certain that I already had Adobe already in this computer)

I am in need of help and suggestions please.

Thanks for reading.

Last Edit: Dec 17, 2015 17:15:02 GMT by BuckSkin

Elements 7 ~~~ 64-bit Windows 7

On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film.
I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

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Need Help with PDF Complete ??? Dec 17, 2015 17:19:20 GMT

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Post by Lillias on Dec 17, 2015 17:19:20 GMT

I don't know if this will be what you are looking for but I use Sumatra PDF Reader which is free and a lightweight and fast reader. It doesn't have all the bells and whistles of Adobes Reader but I personally don't need all those.
Using Sumatra I can highlight text, copy and paste it into another document and same with images. Maybe others will have other suggestions...

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Need Help with PDF Complete ??? Dec 17, 2015 17:25:11 GMT

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Post by Sepiana on Dec 17, 2015 17:25:11 GMT

I believe you need Adobe Acrobat Reader DC (free). get.adobe.com/reader/

NOTE: Adobe includes two optional offers with this download. If you have no use for them, make sure to uncheck the boxes before proceeding with the download.

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Need Help with PDF Complete ??? Dec 17, 2015 19:56:57 GMT

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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 17, 2015 19:56:57 GMT

I have been looking at this:

www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-non-adobe-pdf-reader.htm

I am leaning toward the PDF/XChange Viewer for it's OCR capabilities.

The Sumatra is discussed on that page as well.

Does the Adobe Acrobat Reader DC also have OCR ability ?

Thanks, Billie Jean and Sepiana, for your helpful response.

Elements 7 ~~~ 64-bit Windows 7

On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film.
I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

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Need Help with PDF Complete ??? Dec 18, 2015 16:35:26 GMT

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Post by BuckSkin on Dec 18, 2015 16:35:26 GMT

Well, I believe my situation is resolved.

On research, I found that PDF Complete Special Edition was an expiring demo program that came installed in my desk-top when it was new some three years ago and had since expired; it would open and allow me to read PDFs, but none of the features and tools would do anything; so, I un-installed that useless program and got it gone.

While I was in the control panel, i discovered another PDF-reading program that I did not know was even in there, Nuance something or other (I learned that that program came packaged with the drivers and such for our new Brother printer); research on it led me to believe that it was not very desirable,so I un-installed it as well.

I then downloaded and installed PDF/XChange Editor, which has recently superceded PDF/XChange Viewer; both of which are available for FREE by navigating the link provided in my previous posting.

With this new program addition, I was able to perform the necessary PDF task that had prompted all of this discussion in the first place.

A lot of the time, it would help if I was not so dumb about such things.

I appreciate everyone's help and support during this crisis; thanks so much.

Elements 7 ~~~ 64-bit Windows 7

On a poverty-level Kentucky budget, a 24-exposure roll of film would have two Christmases and a summer vacation on it and we might have to wait another six months before being able to afford developing the film.
I still have trouble remembering that it doesn't cost anything to take thousands of pictures; it just almost seems impossible to be true.

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