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Originally Posted by Terry B
This is usually becaus it is a scanned document (ie a picture of the individual page) rather than a typset document that has been saved as a pdf.
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Not in this case Terry.
The Canon 40D manual is a secure document. It is typeset - not a scanned image file or bitmap, but locked. You can still select text from it but can't copy it to your clipboard, or export it as raw text or any other rich text format. The following image is a screendump of the security settings attributed to the PDF.
You'll see it is not something you want to question Canon over. They mean it to be secure. The ONLY allowance ("Content Copying for Accessibility") is designed such that "assitive" technologies, such a Braille print converter, can output the document. It is designed NOT to be copied in any way. Send the entire document to a facility such as the one Ron mentions here likely to be in breach of copyright as the writer intended.
Ron - "Aussie People" in Pendle Hill are the registered owners of the domain name - can I ask if you are affiliated? The following suggests that you may be:
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