No need to 'type' PDF files -- Ghostscript + Ghostview
automatically converts (non-encrypted) PDF files to text.
Version 5.50 installs easily (several operating systems).
See:
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/aladdin/index.html
FAQ:
http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/gsfaq.txt
Additionally, Acrobat Reader v3.01 provides the
standard clipboard 'copy all' and 'paste' functions,
for converting (one page at a time) to plain text.
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