   MRtoEARS 1.20 - Extract Voted data from Pickwick PDF documents
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         (C)J.G.Harston, 2004 - jgh@arcade.demon.co.uk
         Free for use by Liberal Democrat Party Members

Contents:
  MRtoEARS.txt - this file
  MRtoEARS.exe - the program
  MRtoEARS.ini - specifies file locations
  PDFtoTXT.exe - Derek Noonberg's free PDF to Text converter

This program will extract the Voted data from a PDF file supplied
by Elections Offices using the Pickwick Election Data System.

To use:
* Place all your marked register PDF files in a directory
* Create a file called 'FileList.txt' in that directory with a
  list of filenames in it to convert, eg:
XA.PDF
XB.PDF
XC.PDF
...etc
* Edit MRtoEARS.ini to specify the directory you have put the
  PDF files in. MRtoEARS.ini must be in the same directory as
  MRtoEARS.exe.
* Run MRtoEARS. You will end up with a file 'VOTED.TXT' with PD:NUM
  entries of electors who have voted. Import this into EARS in the
  normal way.

* Alternatively, run MRtoEARs specifying the directory as a parameter,
  eg: MRtoEARS S:\EARS\MarkedRegs\2006\

* Check the output to ensure it looks correct. No responsibility will be
  taken for incorrect conversion, damage, etc, etc,. Your elections office
  may suppliy marked register PDFs differently to mine.

