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Old 07-16-2009, 09:45 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by BasilC View Post
I'm trying to convert Internet train timetables into a form which will work with iSilo. A lot of UK online timetables are in pdf format, which is a real pain.

I try selecting the text and copying it into Word or Excel, but no joy, it gets completely garbled.

Anyone know of an alternative. I thought about saving it as an image and then running a sophisticated OCR against it, like Textbridge Pro, but I suspect that's an expensive program and I'm not sure it would work anyway
Here is a quick and easy (FREE) online way to convert files:

http://www.convertpdftoword.net/




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