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Conference noted::ibmpc-95

Title:IBM PCs, clones, DOS, etc.
Notice:Intro in 1-11, Windows stuff in NOTED::MSWINDOWS please
Moderator:TARKIN::LINND
Created:Mon Jan 02 1995
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:3023
Total number of notes:28404

2955.0. "How to convert a PDF file to Windows word file." by NETRIX::"[email protected]" (dec) Wed Mar 19 1997 11:43

Hi, everyone,

  I get a PDF format file, and I want to change it to Windows word format , 
so I can modify it. Is there anyone who can give me some good advice.

 Thanks


  Tom
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2955.1TARKIN::LINBill LinWed Mar 19 1997 11:598
    re: NETRIX::"[email protected]"
    
    Tom,
    
    One reason people distribute PDF format is because it is not easily
    modified by the average end-user.
    
    /Bill
2955.2Adobe makes a converter. BIG BUCKS!JULIET::HARRIS_MANetworks Sales ExecWed Mar 19 1997 12:355
    Adobe's high end PDF tools will do that. I think it's call Adobe
    Capture or Distiller or something like that. I think it's about
    $500-$600 for the software.
    
    Mark
2955.3HELIX::WELLCOMESteve Wellcome SHR3-1/C22 Pole A22Wed Mar 19 1997 12:508
    re: .2
    
    Adobe Distiller goes from .ps to .pdf, but not the other way
    and not to anything else...at least that's true of the version
    I'm running.
    
    Adobe Photoshop can convert a bunch of formats.  That might be
    worth checking into.
2955.4Piece of cake...SMURF::PBECKPaul BeckWed Mar 19 1997 13:099
    It's real easy.
    
    (1) Print it.
    
    (2) Scan it in, using a high-quality OCR program like WordScan that
        can reproduce fonts and formatting for Word.
    
    I might have omitted step (1a -- drop $500 or so on a scanner that
    comes with WordScan...).
2955.5NUBOAT::HEBERTCaptain BlighWed Mar 19 1997 16:465
...And for the record, we bought Adobe Acrobat V3.0 for about $176. It
contains the Reader, Exchange, Distiller, Capture, and Catalog (tools to
do various things with PS and PDF files).

Art
2955.6Acrobat PROJULIET::HARRIS_MANetworks Sales ExecThu Mar 20 1997 13:484
    I think it's Acrobat V3 Professional that does it... NOT the standard
    version.
    
    Mark