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Convert PDFs to Word documents with PDF to Word Converter
by Simon Kerbel Feb 14th 2008 at 4:30PM
For those looking to convert a Word document to a PDF file, there are a large number of solutions out there. But how about vice versa? There haven't been many programs brave enough to try and convert a PDF to a Word document. One program that has stepped up to the plate is PDF to Word Converter 1.1, a free tool that converts a PDF back to a Word document for editing, removing and adding elements, and more.
The program is a small download (about 1 MB), and installation is straightforward. The user interface is straightforward as well: you select the PDF you wish to convert, choose where you want the Word document to be saved, and you're ready to go. Options include the number of pages to convert (you can select all or portions of the document), choice of a default font, and the option to retain shapes and images.
In our test, PDF to Word converter worked flawlessly, quickly and neatly converting a 5 page PDF file in about five seconds.
PDF to Word converter is a nice desktop solution, though it is limited to one conversion type. If you can get online, you might be better served with Zamzar, the online file conversion tool with support for a huge amount of conversion types.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
chrisaroz said 4:44PM on 2-14-2008
But what about converting TO Excel files?
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Christian said 5:11PM on 2-14-2008
Tried it out, most are copied properly though the graphics don't always come out right. Can't somehow convert vertical text. Really fast converter though.
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jccalhoun said 12:15AM on 2-15-2008
This might be a useful tool but I'm guessing it doesn't perform OCR and so only works on pdfs that were converted from text documents not pdfs that were generated from scanned documents.
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oldmikebravo said 9:43PM on 2-15-2008
You gotta' be kidding. This program took a 160K file and changed it to a 54M file. No way I can use this.
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