atw: Re: Converting pdf to Word?
- From: Stuart Burnfield <sburnf@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2003 17:51:57 +0800
> Is there such a thing as a tool that converts pdf to Word?
> We've got a piece of UK legislation in pdf format (300 pages)
> and need to get it into Word format so we can run some macros
> over it.
Bridget, since V5.0 Acrobat can save a PDF as RTF. I just tested it on a
not-too-fancy 144-page PDF and it made a complete hash of it. Still, it's
worth testing on your document -- you might be lucky. If it's a legal
document
I imagine the formatting and structure should be pretty simple, even if the
prose isn't.
If this looks like a one-off job I'd consider just extracting the text and
tagging it manually.
Good luck
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Stuart Burnfield
Information Developer
Australian Programming Centre
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