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> -----Original Message----- > From: Stig Eide [mailto:stig.eide@GMAIL.COM] > Sent: Friday, 24 November 2006 11:51 AM > Subject: Re: How to Read PDF/RTF data in to SAS datasets > > "Susiyanto, Dwi GE Money wrote: > > Hi SAS experts, > > I have data of account list (that is like text file) in > PDF/RTF format. > > If i looked in RTF/PDF , it will show the column and account list > > (including header of report), but when i do to copy paste > to text file > > (by using editor/ultraedit), the column data in list will be rows. > > > > Basicly, I want to read the data of account list in PDF/RTF > in to SAS > > datasets directly. > > > > I had tried with DDE link, it didn't work.. > > > > Anybody knows how to read it. > > > > > > Regards, > > Dwi S > > GE Money Indonesia > > Hi Dwi. > Reading RTF should be doable. Open it up in ultraedit and you > will be able to see the structure. Reading PDF, I do not > know. There probably are other software that can convert a > PDF to text, in order to read it by SAS (google pdf2txt). > Stig >