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[debeau]

Thanks
I will now and try and match it and let you know

[BretMan]

Tony,

I'm just curious and had to ask:

Did you type all that or did you "cut & paste" from the ASA rules CD?

The previous rules CD I have (2005 version) does not allow copying text from it, and I wondered if that has changed with the newer versions.

[CLBuffalo]

I have the 2007 rules on CD. The CD has Adobe Reader 5.0 on it. I can't cut and paste directly from the CD. Install Adobe Reader 7.0 or better and open the rule book with it. Adobe Reader 7.0 does allow selecting text in a PDF (there is a Select button on the tool bar). Unlike Adobe 5.0 you can also save a PDF file in a text format with a file extension of .txt. There are also programs (some may be free) that will convert PDFs to other formats such as MS Word, etc.

[Dakota]

With the old CD-based pdf file, Adobe 7.0 will allow the selecting of blocks of text, but does not allow copying. If you try to save it in another format (e.g. txt), the file will be empty. At least that was my experience some time ago. Haven't tried lately with the absolute latest updates to Adobe Reader.

[debeau]

It seems to me ASA Rules , certainly in this case , are far more specific than ISF .
What it means the rules lend themselves more to umpire interpretation , which can differ from area to area depending on the UIC or trainers .
Still working through comparisons .

[CLBuffalo]

Originally Posted by Dakota

With the old CD-based pdf file, Adobe 7.0 will allow the selecting of blocks of text, but does not allow copying. If you try to save it in another format (e.g. txt), the file will be empty. At least that was my experience some time ago. Haven't tried lately with the absolute latest updates to Adobe Reader.

I used Adobe Reader 7.0.9. It produced a text file that is 687 KB. I did open it up and the enire file was there.

Press the Select button and place the cursor anywhere in the document. The press Ctrl-A. This selects the entire document. Then do Ctrl-C. This puts the selected text in the clip board.

I opened both Word Perfect 9 and MS Word 2000, did a Ctrl-V and the entire document came through in both programs. It did dot carry over all the graphics and did not retain table formats but all the text including bolds and italics came through. This is much better than doing doing a simple text save.

[Dakota]

Doesn't work with the pdf file I have. I'm aware of the keyboard shortcut for "copy", but there is nothing in the clipboard.

[tcannizzo]

The 2007 CD that I received, allows me to copy/paste.
I would not have been able to do that much typing and have it be correct!
I have copied the Playing Rules, Rules Supplement and Umpire's Manual into an MS Word Document.