[vicsireland] Re: Microsoft Word Formatting Query
- From: "tonysweeney" <tonysweeney1@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:29:16 +0100
Hi There,
Another suggestion might be that you print out the word document
and then scan that back on to your PC and see how that goes!
I had a similar problem one time, which was indeed very annoying, and that
is how I think I resolved it.
All the best,
Tony Sweeney.----- Original Message -----
From: "Joan Ann Brosnan" <kerrygirl18@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:55 PM
Subject: [vicsireland] Re: Microsoft Word Formatting Query
> Hi Ulla
> It might be worth your while to save the PDF document to text using Adobe.
> The "save to text" option can be found in the file menu.
> You may lose a lot of the formatting but, it might get rid of the boxes.
>
> Joan Ann.
>
>
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ulla Quayle" <Ulla.Quayle@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "VICS (E-mail)" <vicsireland@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2007 12:23 PM
> Subject: [vicsireland] Microsoft Word Formatting Query
>
>
> Hi Everyone
>
> I have just been sent a document which I need to amend. Unfortunately, it
> was first sent to me in PDF format which obviously I couldn't do anything
> with. A colleague then scanned it with a PDF writer into Word format but
it
> has come to me now with all sorts of strange boxes in it. Could I ask if
> anyone knows a way to remove boxes etc without removing text?
>
> My other question is, is there a way to copy the contents of the document
> into a fresh document without the formatting of the original, ie without
> these boxes etc?
>
> I am thinking it might be simpler just to re-type the thing.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Ulla
>
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