I have been told that this conversion can be flaky although I've
never had problems. This doesn't work with all pdf - the exception
being, in general, that which has been scanned and then converted to
pdf. Also formatting won't necessarily be preserved. On a Mac one can
use Preview and then copy and paste. Two programs - in case you don't
want to buy Adobe Acrobat (which is different than Adobe Reader) -
are, on the PC, PDFTypewriter and, on the Mac, PDFPen. Both these
programs allow you to highlight and annotate pdfs (and save the
results - you can do some of this in Preview). Quite nice and I tend,
now, to read pdf on my computer rather print it out (it is possible
to search your annotations, etc.).
Ed
>This information forwarded by a friend appears to be really useful.
>mike
>
> H*ow to convert a PDF to a Word or Excel File
>* Charles Lave 12/1/06
>
>I've repeatedly been told that it's impossible to convert PDF files. Today,
>I
>figured out the problem. My procedure will convert a PDF file into a normal
>
>Microsoft Word file (or a variety of other possible files as well), so you
>can
>edit it, reformat it, take excerpts, and so on.
>
>Adobe Acrobat seems to exist in two different versions on your PC. 1.
>When you click on an e-mail PDF link, you get the simplified, low
>capability version of Acrobat. 2. When you start the Acrobat program from
>scratch, you get a program with much more power, e.g., the ability to
>convert PDF files into other formats.
>
>I suspect that since the great majority of PDF access is via links, we were
>unlikely to learn what the real Acrobat can do.
>
>* FOR TYPE 2 PDF FILES -- THOSE THAT ARE
> ALREADY ON YOUR HARD DISK
>
>*1. Start Acrobat. Open the PDF file of interest.
>
>2. Now go to the file menu in the upper left hand corner, and click on
>"Save As".
>
>3. Click on "Save as Type" and it gives you a list of all the possible
>formats you
> can save to. For example, you can save to Word.
>
>4. Click on "Word" and enter a name for the new file. Then click on
>"Save".
>
>5. That's it. The file you just created is a regular MS Word file.
>
>
>*FOR TYPE 1 PDF FILES -- THOSE THAT YOU GOT TO VIA A LINK.
>
>*6. "Save" the PDF file to anyplace on your hard disk. And exit from
>Acrobat.
>
>7. Start Acrobat from scratch, and open the saved file from step 6.
>
>8. Now carry out steps 1-5.
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