How can I convert a pdf file to word?

13 replies

jampots · 03/10/2006 21:32

Any ideas please or anyone willing to do it for me?

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aieeeeeeeeeeeeeetch71 · 03/10/2006 21:34

am i being dense? can't you just press the text button at the top, highlight everything and then copy and paste the text? i'm not sure though, i hate pdf files so there is probably a better way.

JackieNoHeadJustABloodyStump · 03/10/2006 21:35

I think aiieeeetch is right - copy and paste the text into a new word document.

2shoescreepingthroughblood · 03/10/2006 21:36

what is a pdf file?

hatwoman · 03/10/2006 21:37

it depends where the pdf came from. I have sometimes tried this and I believe some pdfs are protected and you can't copy and paste, but some you can.

JackieNoHeadJustABloodyStump · 03/10/2006 21:37

True, hatwoman. Worth a try though.

Gillian76 · 03/10/2006 21:39

Yes we had a major headache with one a couple of months ago. DH was doing a job application.

In the end we had to download something called Very PDF to deal with it.

2shoescreepingthroughblood · 03/10/2006 21:42

what is a pdf file pleeeeeeeeease

tiredemma · 03/10/2006 21:44

its a file which basically looks like a scanned document, so you can look at leaflets, documents etc in their original form. in a nutshell.

JackieNoHeadJustABloodyStump · 03/10/2006 21:45

More info here 2shoes

ja9 · 03/10/2006 21:48

now there's a question!!

i know it's not easy....

ja9 · 03/10/2006 21:48

helpful eh?

HauntedsandCastle · 04/10/2006 04:17

Cut & paste to a word doc...save as

HauntedsandCastle · 04/10/2006 04:24

if you can't cut & paste do this...

File

Save As Text File

Save

it will come up in a notepad file which you can then cut & paste to a word doc

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