PDF document to word

freesave

How can I convert a PDF document to a word document so that I can edit it?

rmg1

If it's only text, you should be able to copy/paste.
The trick will be getting it back to PDF format.

freesave

I've tried copying and pasting it into a word document but it does not allow me to edit it in word. Not sure what I'm doing wrong

hm71_2

morning we had a similar problem for an on line application. we downloaded a trial version of software called smart pdf convertor. really depends on size of the file etc.. but this worked for us and we were able to edit it. we didn't need to convert it back to pdf so not sure if it would help with that but might be of use to you.

rmg1

How are you selecting the text?
Make sure you have the "T" (I think) select so you're copying it as text not as a picture. If you're using Adobe 7 like we are here then it's the weird looking icon to the right of the hand.
Then do a Paste as normal.

Should be OK from there on.

BeerBelly

May need some re-jigging in Word, but simply:

- In Acorbat, Click on Edit
- Select All
- Copy
- Open Word
- Edit -> Paste

Also there are some tools/apps, but essentially do the same thing.

Hope this helps.

Little_John

Use the touch up text too in adobe acrobat to edit any text without converting the pdf to anything.

cwoodham

If the pdf is protected, you could use PDF to Text Converter

http://www.etrusoft.com/pdf-to-word-html/pdf-to-text.htm

Its freeware.

freesave

Thanks cwoodham. really helpful