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Converting Arabic numbers from PDF to txt.

2007-08-23 06:58:30

CDroll

Registered: Aug 23 2007

Posts: 2

In trying to convert a Acrobat ver. 4.x PDF to a text file (or Word or rtf), I am unable to convert the Arabic numbers in the PDF file to the text version. They come out as hyphens, or question marks, or boxes (depending on the converter). The letters convert just fine. Could this be a font issue? If so, how best to resolve this problem?

My Product Information:
Acrobat Pro 8, Windows

2007-08-30 07:38:04

SimonATS

Registered: Jul 26 2007

Posts: 49

Something has gone wrong with the Font encoding when the source file was converted to PDF. This can be caused by using 3rd party PDF conversion utilities or incorrect ppd files when creating the PostScript file.

The only way to get around it would be to re-create the PDF from the source file.

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