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adobe to word

Post by marquis24 » Tue Feb 11, 2003 2:13 am

Does anyone know how to change or convert adobe pdf files to microsoft word doc files. i alredy went under explorer to tools to folder options and turned off hide extensions. i then changed it from pdf to doc but it didnt work it came out all wierd in word. can anyone help.

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Post by Farlo » Tue Feb 11, 2003 3:49 am

cut then paste :lol:

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Post by Moloch » Tue Feb 11, 2003 8:42 am

Word doesn't natively support PDF documents. Also, PDF is intended to be a final, uneditable format for delivery to the end-user (the reader).

Within Acrobat Reader, you can use the Text Select tool to copy the text which you can then paste *new* Word document. Be aware that you will not get any of the formatting and layout of the original PDF, just the raw text.

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Post by trythil » Tue Feb 11, 2003 10:52 am

You can also use Acrobat Distiller to convert pretty much anything printable under Windows to a PDF.

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Re: adobe to word

Post by SS5_Majin_Bebi » Tue Feb 11, 2003 6:16 pm

marquis24 wrote:Does anyone know how to change or convert adobe pdf files to microsoft word doc files. i alredy went under explorer to tools to folder options and turned off hide extensions. i then changed it from pdf to doc but it didnt work it came out all wierd in word. can anyone help.
Um, changing the extension doesnt do squat. The file was encoded in Adobe, it cant be read by any other non-compatible program no matter how much you change the extension or want it to work. like was said above, Cut-and-paste is about your only option.

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