Converting PDF to word

sdfuk

sdfuk

sdfuk

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Hi

I need to convert PDF files to workable text files. So far the only solution I've found is to buy Adobe Acrobat Standard 8 for about £200.

Are there any cheaper options out there? I've seen VeryPDF PDF editor and downloaded the trial but it doesn't seem to convert to word.

Cheers
S
 
u can copy the text from Acrobat to Word with just the reader! if i am correct it even saves the formatting, however if u have tables and picture u might have a bit of problem in sorting format out.
 
Hi
thanks for the help.

The problem I have is that the company that sends me the PDF files have done so in picture forma, if that makes sense. I can copy and paste into MS Word but then Word see's the document as a picture and not as editable txt.

I've used Acrobat professional 8 (trial version and now run out) to elimnate this problem - basically it has an Optical Character Recognition facility to convert the 'picture' into ASCII code - i.e. MS Word see's characters and not just a picture containing words. I think the Adobe standard version will do the same thing.

I don't really want to pay £200 for the use of a single feature in Adobe, i.e. the OCR use - I don't need to use any other feature.

Cheers
S
 
You can copy text from PDFs using the basic Acrobat, as long as the files have not been protected, but it's not great for documents with a lot of formatting. If all you need us the text, then it will work.
 
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