anzo Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Right,Basically I need to know if there is a way, or a program (for free) that I can convert a PDF file into Word?I googled this before and got programs promising to do it but for about £30 or something stupid.Anything out there on open source?!It's very urgent lads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Swales Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Right,Basically I need to know if there is a way, or a program (for free) that I can convert a PDF file into Word?I googled this before and got programs promising to do it but for about £30 or something stupid.Anything out there on open source?!It's very urgent lads!if you PM me your email address I can send you the set up file and key for pdfFactoryPro if you like? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted December 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 if you PM me your email address I can send you the set up file and key for pdfFactoryPro if you like?Eeek, actually, no can do.Sorry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Manual Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted December 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/Needs to convert the other way around mate. From PDF into its original format (Microsoft Word).I'm not sure it's even possible to do? If not then it looks like I'm up until 3am tonight.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forteh Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Needs to convert the other way around mate. From PDF into its original format (Microsoft Word).I'm not sure it's even possible to do? If not then it looks like I'm up until 3am tonight....I dont know of anyway to do it quickly, could you print off the pdf and scan it with some ocr software? In my experience of ocr it isnt 100% all the time, thats going back a few years though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Manual Posted December 9, 2008 Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 Ahh right. Hmm, didn't read your post properly. You can convert unrecognised text in a PDF using OCR in Adobe Acrobat (full version rather than just the reader) and then paste it in to word. I suppose that's only useful if it's just pages of text without the formatting that you need. I'm guessing you already know that though.Edit:I dont know of anyway to do it quickly, could you print off the pdf and scan it with some ocr software? In my experience of ocr it isnt 100% all the time, thats going back a few years though.Yeah, basically that. It's usually pretty good as long as you scan it on high res keep it straight as you're scanning. Not perfect mind.Also, have you tried this? I can't get on the website to check it out as that bloody internet filter won't let me near it.http://www.pdfonline.com/pdf2word/ will do it online. Just tried it and it worked fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anzo Posted December 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2008 http://www.pdfonline.com/pdf2word/ will do it online. Just tried it and it worked fine.Excellent! You've saved me some very, very sore fingers! I owe you a virtual pint, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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