[AT] Spam> RE: Garden tractor???

[Larry Goss]

<Grins> The part of this problem that you DIDN'T state is that it isn't up to you, Mark, it's up to the people who generate the original PDF.  Seriously.  The originator of a PDF file is the one with all the control.  It's at the point of origin that the file attributes are set.  If the file is left unprotected, then you can do what you wish with the PDF when you receive it and use whichever version of Adobe Reader you wish to use (even the free ones.)  But if the company webmaster has established passwords, etc, then you have to have a fairly sophisticated chunk of software to revert back and reset the file security features so you can do something with the file that was previously protected.

Run a couple of simple tests.  Can you print a single page? (the whole thing, not just a cropped  frame).  Can you store a single page anywhere you wish and name it whatever you wish?  If you can do these things, then the file is probably unrestricted and you can edit it to do what you are suggesting.

Larry

----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Greer <markagreer at embarqmail.com>
Date: Thursday, January 28, 2010 21:58
Subject: Re: [AT] Spam> RE:  Garden tractor???
To: Antique tractor email discussion group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>

> Professor,
> Are you aware of any programs that allow a person to rea$onably 
> create .pdf 
> files? In my job I deal with a huge number of manufacturers 
> catalogs that I 
> download in .pdf format. I often need to send a page or two out 
> of these 
> catalogs to a customer and I'd like to be able to pull a page or 
> two from 
> the catalog and create a .pdf from that I can email or include 
> on a CD with 
> a bill of materials that I specify for a customer. I know Adobe 
> Acrobat will 
> do this but I really don't want to spend $300 of my own money to 
> have this 
> at work and my boss is too damn cheap to buy it for us.
> Mark Greer
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry Goss" <rlgoss at insightbb.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" 
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 11:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Spam> RE: Garden tractor???
> 
> 
> Slicks = drag racer.
> 
> Here's something to make you all salivate.
> 
> http://steampunkworkshop.com/skinner-unaflow-steam-engine-needs-
> new-home
> 
> Larry 
> 
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