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how to cut slices from PDF file?

Joe
any ideas how to cut PDF page into slices (there are 5 frames on one
PDF file, always located in the same place) - any idea hot to do it?

Thanks.

Jul 8 '07 #1
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Joe <jo*****@tlen.plwrote in news:1183869124.190746.226200
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any ideas how to cut PDF page into slices (there are 5 frames on one
PDF file, always located in the same place) - any idea hot to do it?
I don't think you can slice and dice a PDF file. In fact, it is quite tough
to extract just text out of a PDF file.

PDF files store the layout of the file but I don't believe they store
individual objects. Thus you can't just edit sections of the PDF file.
Jul 8 '07 #2

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