MikeCottTrials Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Anyone know how it can be done for free? It's causing me a headache at the moment, the online sites seem to be a bit of a joke. Ideally after some good freeware to suit my exquisite needs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew62 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Copy & Paste. Paste a PDF in to word as a picture and save it. Use a Mac. But the best option is to use Adobe Acrobat. It's just a Save As option. P.S. You're going the wrong way though....forget Word, PDF is king. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkdougie Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Converters on the internet, google it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 I think he might be wanting to edit a PDF... So saving as a picture won't really help. In my experience it's a pain in the ass and I've ended up typing it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCottTrials Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Converters on the internet, google it. See the first post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewEH1 Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 (edited) Can't you copy the text within a PDF across to Word? Won't work with pictures mind... Edit: you can always PrtScn the images into Paint and then copy them into Word. Edited June 28, 2013 by AndrewEH1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCottTrials Posted June 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Basically what I want to copy is a huge document contain images, text and specific points that need filling in with writing. I'm starting to realise it's not possible unless I can get hold of the master copy...which I doubt I will be able to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JD™ Posted June 28, 2013 Report Share Posted June 28, 2013 Yea, there's a reason people put those documents into PDFs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCottTrials Posted June 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 Yea, there's a reason people put those documents into PDFs Yeah, it's so it can be read by a wider array of computers than if it was published as a word document...don't be a bell end Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thinkdougie Posted June 29, 2013 Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 (edited) See the first post. I've done it with my uni work Mike? What about printing it off, scanning and saving as different file type? Edited June 29, 2013 by thinkdougie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewEH1 Posted June 29, 2013 Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 Impossible just to print and hand write the stuff in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCottTrials Posted June 29, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 29, 2013 I've done it with my uni work Mike? What about printing it off, scanning and saving as different file type? Nah man, it doesn't do a good enough job, in fact it makes a complete mess out of it. I've found a work around for it, it's just going to be mega time consuming Impossible just to print and hand write the stuff in? Not impossible, just a whole lot less professional looking. Got a solution for now guys! I'll post back and let you know if it comes to fruition Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadManMike Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Yeah, it's so it can be read by a wider array of computers than if it was published as a word document...don't be a bell end He's not being a bell-end, it's a serious point. People export to PDF so that they can't be edited in a lot of cases. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luke Rainbird Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 I can't for the life of me remember which site I used last week to do this but they do exist. However, if it's just a case of filling in a few boxes you may have more joy just print screening and adding transparent text boxes as an overlay to keep it simple for now. Re-save as a PDF and they'll be none the wiser Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew62 Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 He's not being a bell-end, it's a serious point. People export to PDF so that they can't be edited in a lot of cases. Pretty much every PDF can be picked apart given the right software. The only way to really look down a PDF is to use rasterized artwork which is completely counter intuitive. You can't expect word to just make a carbon copy of the PDF so you will have to copy and paste the respective text and images and place text boxes where relevant for the sections that'll need filling in later. Alternatively like i've said use Adobe Acrobat which will write a word document out of your PDF. It is the industry standard and by far the best way to go about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munkee Posted July 4, 2013 Report Share Posted July 4, 2013 Adobe acrobat xi will do it for you. Pdf to word is easy with it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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