Where is the software to convert a PDF
June 1, 2007 3:58 AM Subscribe
I need some software that will take a PDF file (of a magazine) and produce an online version of it that does not require a PDF reader to view.
I need to replicate the functionality of this
Ideally the answer will be an open source PHP/MySQL application
I need to replicate the functionality of this
Ideally the answer will be an open source PHP/MySQL application
SWFTOOLS can seemingly convert PDFs to Flash, haven't tried it myself though.
posted by malevolent at 4:54 AM on June 1, 2007
posted by malevolent at 4:54 AM on June 1, 2007
FlashPaper by Adobe takes a multi-page document and turns it into a Flash file that can be viewed in any browser with the Flash plugin.
posted by chrismear at 5:15 AM on June 1, 2007
posted by chrismear at 5:15 AM on June 1, 2007
If you're running Linux, you should find a handful of PDF/HTML conversion tools built in (command line).
This should do it:
pdftohtml -c filename.pdf
You'll get an HTML with elementary formatting, plus a directory full of images. You'll probably need to tidy up the formatting of the HTML. Fully automatic perfect conversion is probably impossible because it requires some intelligence to work around layout problems.
posted by humblepigeon at 5:26 AM on June 1, 2007
This should do it:
pdftohtml -c filename.pdf
You'll get an HTML with elementary formatting, plus a directory full of images. You'll probably need to tidy up the formatting of the HTML. Fully automatic perfect conversion is probably impossible because it requires some intelligence to work around layout problems.
posted by humblepigeon at 5:26 AM on June 1, 2007
I assume you started with Adobe's online PDF to HTML tool?
posted by dhartung at 1:18 PM on June 1, 2007
posted by dhartung at 1:18 PM on June 1, 2007
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posted by furtive at 4:03 AM on June 1, 2007