Is there a way to import a pdf calendar into iCal?

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Is there a way to import a pdf calendar into iCal?

My employer issues my calendar in pdf format. Is there a way to import this into iCal? Either directly or is there a way to automate a conversion to some format and then import?

many thanks in advance.

b737guru.

iMac, Mac OS X (10.6.2)

Posted on Jan 7, 2010 9:30 AM

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Treets

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Jan 7, 2010 9:52 AM in response to b737guru

Hi b737guru,

pdfs might contain visually structured graphics, but they don't necessarily contain internally structured data. Which is what you'd need for a conversion to the iCalendar format, the format that iCal's .ics files use. So I don't think you're likely to find an easy solution.

Your best bet is to try and get the data from your employer, before it is printed/formatted to a pdf file. If there are enough of you campaigning, they might consider .ics as an alternative to .pdf. Google Calendar, FaceBook and Microsoft Outlook can read .ics, which makes it fairly universal.

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