Anyone knows how to convert CFAI ebook to PDF?

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FYI: I bought the eBook last year and I’m pretty sure that printing it all up or converting it into a format that will last beyond your license agreement would be a copywright violation. The license (at least last year) expired sometime after the exam date and it is no longer in my library.
Just a word of caution to look into this before acting because I know we all worked too hard for this.
The book can be put on 2 computers and it is also searchable (each individual book, not as a complete volume search.)
 
I printed the eBook to a bunch of PDFs (3000+ pages/170), merged them, and then ran the OCR routine in Acrobat so the document would be searchable. The text isn’t as crisp as I would like but it worked just fine. The size of the files leave something to be desired but they are now easier to navigate than the eBook application.
 
Can you share with us how you did that? I used Acrobat to print as PDF but cannot perform OCR as Acrobat said the pdf contains graphics but not images.
 
umekichi, this is probably because of the settings you selected when you originally printed to pdf. When you hit print, select “Adobe PDF” as your printer, and then hit the properties button next to it to edit the settings.
Use google to look up the exact error message that you are getting when you run OCR, you should be able to find an article about how to configure your print settings to get around this.
The other option, which is maybe more time consuming, would be to export the entire PDF that you have to TIFF or high-quality JPEG (“File” -> “Export” -> “Image”), and then use Acrobat to create a new PDF from those images (“File” -> “Create PDF” -> “From Multiple Files” and then select all of the images). Then you will definitely be able to run OCR on that new file.
Edit: by the way, there is such a thing as “fair use” and this sort of thing, as long as it is for your own personal use ONLY, is definitely fair use. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Use
 
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