atw: Re: Converting pdf to Word?
- From: Bridget Knaus <bridget.knaus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 10:52:11 +1100
Calm down, Michael. I'm not infringing anyone's copyright - as I explained
in my original posting (with your sensitivities in this area in mind) we are
converting a piece of legislation (which is in the public domain) into Word
format purely so that we can run some legal analysis type macros over it. Do
not assume that we prefer Word as a tool (personally, I use Word as little
as possible), or that we are distributing this document for commercial
purposes. This is purely an in-house exercise. And as this organisation is
over-burdened with lawyers you can rest assured that we have copyright
issues well in hand.
By the way, the Save as RTF option worked well for our purposes. The
formatting was largely stripped which could have been a problem with the
headings and margin notes but, as we actually needed the content as opposed
to the look of the original pdf, that was fine.
-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Edward Granat [mailto:megranat@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, 12 November 2003 10:41 AM
To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: atw: Re: Converting pdf to Word?
Acrobat (proper - not the Reader, I think) 5 and higher has a Save As RTF
facility.
But converting a beautifully designed, cross platform document distribution
system to Word, Bridget (Knaus)?
Sacrilege! You are just giving in to the "Evil Empire" and changing the
work from a platform independent and almost virus proof format into
precisely the opposite.
Also, there may be many copyright (infringement) considerations here if you
are (as I would trust that you are not) disassembling the creative work of
others and reusing the information in another form. Check for disclaimers
in the document and its properties information, first.
Your ability to convert the PDF in question might also be limited by its
security settings, which might prevent Save As RTF, copy and paste.
Cheers,
Michael Granat
Write Ideas
At 14:46 11/11/2003 +1100, you wrote:
>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.
>
>I'd research this myself but our internet connection has been down for
>hours!
>
>Thanks in advance.
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