On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 18:02:27 GMT, Phil Addison wrote:

I have some pdf files that I want to pull into excel but they have the
copy feature disabled so all I can do is save or print them. Does anyone
know of software that can extract the data? Preferably shareware or
freeware of course.

I'm loathe to try printing and ocr as that takes ages to proof read and
correct.

Phil
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Try printing to a (non-Adobe) PDF Printer driver - this may get you an unprotected PDF.