Odd Pdf / Word problem

geordieracer

Im trying to edit a pdf file and it wont let me. Transferred it to a word doc and even having the same problem there. Its a cv so im just trying to take one bit out and add it somewhere else but it keeps doing it further down the screen.
Even if I try and add it without cut and paste it still wont accept it.

any ideas as this is a new problem for me

iansl2000

This is the most flexible pdf tool I've found

http://www.pdfill.com/pdf_tools_free.html

ian

geordieracer

yeh i was just trying one of them but was just hassle trying to fit more stuff in where i wanted it.. Will give that one a go.. I dont understand why word wont let me alter it though now i have converted it.. has done for other work files..

fenlander_uk

How did you "convert" it?

I suspect you may actually have embedded it, in which case it's still a pdf object or a graphic and essentially uneditable. To edit a pdf directly, you need something like Adobe Acrobat (the full program, not the reader). To convert a pdf to a Word document, you'd need to use an OCR program like Abbyy Finereader. Even the on-line format conversion sites do a poor job converting pdf to doc. Many pdf readers can extract text from a pdf, but all the formatting is lost and the process is painfully slow.

geordieracer

I used smart pdf converter.. thats probably whats happened as i dont have the full adobe prog here only at work which is where ive been able to edit things before..

Il try and work something out... or have to type the whole thing out in word again :-(

fenlander_uk

Most tools I've seen allow only very limited editing and can't reflow text if you want to add or delete a sentence or paragraph. Does eXpert PDF Pro 6 do this?