Hi, Thanks for the tip Stuart and all other who answered my plea for a PDF to Word application. I did download one of the freeware apps but even after a couple of attempts it would not install on my laptop. Then I gave up and sent the file to a friend who converted it to Word format using Adobe Acrobat. The result was reasonable but I still spent hours reformatting all the text and reconstructing the tables (which did not convert at all). It was a very tedious and time-consuming exercise. My advice is to try really hard to get hold of the Word version! Cheers Ilana On 28 March 2012 13:44, Stuart Burnfield <slb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi again Ilana - > > This came up on TECHWR-L the other day: > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brian.Henderson > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 1:30 PM > To: [1]techwr-l -at- techwr-l -dot- com > Subject: RE: PDF-to-Unformatted-Mess Conversion > > I just ran across this program. Judging by what has been said recently > on this subject, I'd be surprised if it can do what the description > promises. But, for what it's worth: > > Wondershare PDF-to-Word Converter - $30 (also has free trial) > [2]http://www.wondershare.com/pdf-converter/pdf-to-word-converter.html > > Wondershare PDF to Word Converter is an accurate and powerful PDF to > Word utility to help you convert PDF files to editable Word documents. > It preserves all the contents as well as layouts and formatting. > -Convert PDF file to editable Word document, with all the original > text, > images, graphics, hyperlinks, layout and formatting exactly preserved. > -The output Word document has no text boxes which makes PDF editing > easier. > -Support exporting Microsoft Office Word 2003/2007/2010. > -Support converting encrypted PDF files which are protected from > printing, editing, and copying. > -Batch conversion - Convert up to 200 PDF files at one time. > -Partial conversion - Select any pages or page ranges from multi-page > PDF file to convert. > -Shortcut conversion - Right click on a PDF file and convert it into a > Word document without launching the program. > ____________________________________________ > > Honorary austechwriter Dan Goldstein replied: > "I've tried Wondershare on Word, and I think it's the bee's knees. YMMV." > > ... and Dan knows his stuff. > > You said you wanted a free tool, but if this really does a good job (and > there's a trial version you can use to verify that it does) it should you > save you many hours of tedious manual reformatting. > > Stuart > ************************************************** > To view the austechwriter archives, go to > www.freelists.org/archives/austechwriter > > To unsubscribe, send a message to austechwriter-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > "unsubscribe" in the Subject field (without quotes). > > To manage your subscription (e.g., set and unset DIGEST and VACATION > modes) go to www.freelists.org/list/austechwriter > > To contact the list administrator, send a message to > austechwriter-admins@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ************************************************** >