Thanks for the additional info, Ed.
mike
On 12/3/06, Ed Wall <ewall@umich.edu> wrote:
>
> 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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