OT: PDF to DOC

I can hack and slash PDF from pdflatex. "Pure garbage in Nerdese" is about right. I haven't checked if there are packages to do more subtle editing (like separating layers or graphical objects), I doubt those would be any more fun to use though.

Why do you need it in DOC? DOC sucks for all the standard Microsoft reasons.

Tim

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You could try a more recent version of Adobe Acrobat, e.g. XI, free 30 day trial

Send it to me with a description of the changes you want made. It _may_not_be_editable_ if it's been created by some hacker version of Acrobat; or it may be locked with a password... many datasheets are.

A possible solution that I use on locked datasheets is to print to PostScript, then run back thru Adobe Distiller. ...Jim Thompson

Used GooGull and found MiKTeX and TeX Live. Both have vague references and look like one cannot just download an EXE for use (Ghostscript is easy like that). Hints about "compiling" turn me off. KISS, please.

• If convert to M$ Nerd DOC, then i can edit text as i see fit.

Good idea! Have a HP Color LaserJet 8500 PS printer river installed pointing to FILE:. All i have to do is re-install my 4.0 reader/writer to enable the Distiller (i think). Will try that; fairly simple. Thanks!

Is that Adobe ACROBAT? If not, it won't create PDF from PostScript. ...Jim Thompson

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Buy the edit version of foxit pdf reader.

Do you have any OCR apps that can take PDF as input?

One proven way that works (works for *me* anyway...). Download and install Open Office. Then download and install the Oracle PDF Import Extension. It allows you to import and modify pdf files. You can then save file as .doc (or whatever format you like). This is a long way to go for what looks like a simple problem, but you will only have to do it once, and it's free. I've been using Open Office since Sun made it a free program and I've found it at least as good as Microsoft products. The fact that it can output a file in .pdf format with a single click is a feature I REALLY like.

Correct on both counts..

Thanks.

inkscape?

Best (free) I have found for this. And a nice graphic design program generally. Only does single pages though AFAIK. However if the OP has Acrobat too he should be able to split a multi-page PDF, edit in Inkscape then combine again.

What i have done: Used Acrobat 4.0 to load and look at the file, then printed using a postscript printer driver,to a file. That file looks perfectly OK. CorelDraw sees the original PDF and that PS file perfectly OK so the file cannot be corrupt. Will use CorelDraw for patching the numbers. Dunno why i had not thought of using CorelDraw before. Thanks.

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you can do annotations in the free version, if you only need to change few things just draw a white box on top of the original text and use the typewriter

-Lasse

Thanks.

How do you do this? My Openoffice opens PDFs as Drawings and lets me save it only in several deawing formats and not as .doc.

Günter

Adobe Reader 10 allows me to save a PDF as a TXT file. I use it to extract parts lists from service manuals. It's a lot easier than scrolling through a 400+ page PDF file.

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Does the pdf need to be run through the online 'unlock'? I've started storing both copies, original and unlocked. Found that unlocked casued less problems all the way around and the original could be opened by FoxitReader for checking/comparing.