Re: Extract equations from a PDF file

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From: Lloyd Sumpter
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 05:10

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On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 18:39:29 +0200, horacio wrote:

> Hello everybody,
> 
> could somebody tell me if it is possible to extract equations from a paper
> in a PDF file ? My objective is to paste them to a TEX file, and to render
> after to a DVI file to achieve the same result than in the original PDF file
> (I understand papers are usually written in TEX files and rendered after to
> DVI or PDF files). I know I can do this with plain text, but I do not know
> how to handle this situation with equations (although it is possible to copy
> them as images and then paste).
> 
> Thanks in advance.

Again, I'm not sure if this is what you want, but pstoedit converts ps or
pdf files to one of many editable formats, including "latex2e", and
"Mathematica Graphics". Check it out!

Lloyd Sumpter

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