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I've been trying several .pdf to Word converters, none seem good enough for recuperating original formats especially when reuperating tables and figures Does anyone have any good idea about which pdf to Word converter is the most effective for preserving formats (any including scientific tables and graphs?!) Many many many - Thanks Nash |
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The issue is not so much the application for converting PDF to Word, but the
application from which the PDF was created in the first place. Some document formats just don't convert very well to Word. If you convert a Word document to PDF than back, you generally get something pretty close to the original; but if the original was created by something that uses a very different object model (like PageMaker, Publisher, Corel, etc), then the resulting Word document will likely be a pig's breakfast, whatever you use for the conversion. "Nahshon Evren" doctornash@polyclinic . ch wrote in message ... Hi I've been trying several .pdf to Word converters, none seem good enough for recuperating original formats especially when reuperating tables and figures Does anyone have any good idea about which pdf to Word converter is the most effective for preserving formats (any including scientific tables and graphs?!) Many many many - Thanks Nash |
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OK so there's no 'ultimate' soft to get the thing perfect -
the options are between a mess and a rat's nest ? N "Jezebel" a écrit dans le message de news: ... The issue is not so much the application for converting PDF to Word, but the application from which the PDF was created in the first place. Some document formats just don't convert very well to Word. If you convert a Word document to PDF than back, you generally get something pretty close to the original; but if the original was created by something that uses a very different object model (like PageMaker, Publisher, Corel, etc), then the resulting Word document will likely be a pig's breakfast, whatever you use for the conversion. "Nahshon Evren" doctornash@polyclinic . ch wrote in message ... Hi I've been trying several .pdf to Word converters, none seem good enough for recuperating original formats especially when reuperating tables and figures Does anyone have any good idea about which pdf to Word converter is the most effective for preserving formats (any including scientific tables and graphs?!) Many many many - Thanks Nash |
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The whole point of PDF is to create a fixed format graphical representation
of the original document. It is not intended to be deconstructed. You can do that but not without some personal input. The best tool I have found for the job is Abbyy Finereader's OCR software, but even that will not give you a true copy of the original document without putting in some work of your own. On the other hand a Word document opened on a different PC with different fonts and printer driver will not look the same either - which is where PDF came in in the first place. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Nahshon Evren wrote: OK so there's no 'ultimate' soft to get the thing perfect - the options are between a mess and a rat's nest ? N "Jezebel" a écrit dans le message de news: ... The issue is not so much the application for converting PDF to Word, but the application from which the PDF was created in the first place. Some document formats just don't convert very well to Word. If you convert a Word document to PDF than back, you generally get something pretty close to the original; but if the original was created by something that uses a very different object model (like PageMaker, Publisher, Corel, etc), then the resulting Word document will likely be a pig's breakfast, whatever you use for the conversion. "Nahshon Evren" doctornash@polyclinic . ch wrote in message ... Hi I've been trying several .pdf to Word converters, none seem good enough for recuperating original formats especially when reuperating tables and figures Does anyone have any good idea about which pdf to Word converter is the most effective for preserving formats (any including scientific tables and graphs?!) Many many many - Thanks Nash |
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pdf to Word
PDF stands for Portable Document Format. The point was to be able to
electronically send documents to others who may or may not have the original software (Word / WordPerfect / Lotus / etc.) This way anyone with the free reader can read the document. Changes should be requested of the originator. PDF documents are also a method for storing paper documents electronically. Most scanners now create PDF files for use. Sometimes the documents are OCR'd and sometimes they are not. -- Dawn Crosier Microsoft MVP "Education Lasts a Lifetime" This message was posted to a newsgroup, Please post replies and questions to the group so that others can learn as well. "Nahshon Evren" doctornash@polyclinic . ch wrote in message ... Thanks for the information -I always thought the point of pdf was to simply compress a file - am I wrong ? "Graham Mayor" a écrit dans le message de news: ... The whole point of PDF is to create a fixed format graphical representation of the original document. It is not intended to be deconstructed. You can do that but not without some personal input. The best tool I have found for the job is Abbyy Finereader's OCR software, but even that will not give you a true copy of the original document without putting in some work of your own. On the other hand a Word document opened on a different PC with different fonts and printer driver will not look the same either - which is where came in in the first place. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Nahshon Evren wrote: OK so there's no 'ultimate' soft to get the thing perfect - the options are between a mess and a rat's nest ? N "Jezebel" a écrit dans le message de news: ... The issue is not so much the application for converting PDF to Word, but the application from which the PDF was created in the first place. Some document formats just don't convert very well to Word. If you convert a Word document to PDF than back, you generally get something pretty close to the original; but if the original was created by something that uses a very different object model (like PageMaker, Publisher, Corel, etc), then the resulting Word document will likely be a pig's breakfast, whatever you use for the conversion. "Nahshon Evren" doctornash@polyclinic . ch wrote in message ... Hi I've been trying several .pdf to Word converters, none seem good enough for recuperating original formats especially when reuperating tables and figures Does anyone have any good idea about which pdf to Word converter is the most effective for preserving formats (any including scientific tables and graphs?!) Many many many - Thanks Nash |
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Yes. PDF has nothing to do with compression. If you want compression you
need WinZip, WinRar or similar. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Nahshon Evren wrote: Thanks for the information -I always thought the point of pdf was to simply compress a file - am I wrong ? "Graham Mayor" a écrit dans le message de news: ... The whole point of PDF is to create a fixed format graphical representation of the original document. It is not intended to be deconstructed. You can do that but not without some personal input. The best tool I have found for the job is Abbyy Finereader's OCR software, but even that will not give you a true copy of the original document without putting in some work of your own. On the other hand a Word document opened on a different PC with different fonts and printer driver will not look the same either - which is where PDF came in in the first place. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Nahshon Evren wrote: OK so there's no 'ultimate' soft to get the thing perfect - the options are between a mess and a rat's nest ? N "Jezebel" a écrit dans le message de news: ... The issue is not so much the application for converting PDF to Word, but the application from which the PDF was created in the first place. Some document formats just don't convert very well to Word. If you convert a Word document to PDF than back, you generally get something pretty close to the original; but if the original was created by something that uses a very different object model (like PageMaker, Publisher, Corel, etc), then the resulting Word document will likely be a pig's breakfast, whatever you use for the conversion. "Nahshon Evren" doctornash@polyclinic . ch wrote in message ... Hi I've been trying several .pdf to Word converters, none seem good enough for recuperating original formats especially when reuperating tables and figures Does anyone have any good idea about which pdf to Word converter is the most effective for preserving formats (any including scientific tables and graphs?!) Many many many - Thanks Nash |
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OK everyone I work with seems to systematically convert
eveything to .pdf - I don't see the point really as everyone uses Word so... I'm convinced most people think .pdf compresses ! "Graham Mayor" a écrit dans le message de news: ... Yes. PDF has nothing to do with compression. If you want compression you need WinZip, WinRar or similar. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Nahshon Evren wrote: Thanks for the information -I always thought the point of pdf was to simply compress a file - am I wrong ? "Graham Mayor" a écrit dans le message de news: ... The whole point of PDF is to create a fixed format graphical representation of the original document. It is not intended to be deconstructed. You can do that but not without some personal input. The best tool I have found for the job is Abbyy Finereader's OCR software, but even that will not give you a true copy of the original document without putting in some work of your own. On the other hand a Word document opened on a different PC with different fonts and printer driver will not look the same either - which is where PDF came in in the first place. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Nahshon Evren wrote: OK so there's no 'ultimate' soft to get the thing perfect - the options are between a mess and a rat's nest ? N "Jezebel" a écrit dans le message de news: ... The issue is not so much the application for converting PDF to Word, but the application from which the PDF was created in the first place. Some document formats just don't convert very well to Word. If you convert a Word document to PDF than back, you generally get something pretty close to the original; but if the original was created by something that uses a very different object model (like PageMaker, Publisher, Corel, etc), then the resulting Word document will likely be a pig's breakfast, whatever you use for the conversion. "Nahshon Evren" doctornash@polyclinic . ch wrote in message ... Hi I've been trying several .pdf to Word converters, none seem good enough for recuperating original formats especially when reuperating tables and figures Does anyone have any good idea about which pdf to Word converter is the most effective for preserving formats (any including scientific tables and graphs?!) Many many many - Thanks Nash |
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pdf to Word
Disabuse yourself of that conviction: that's just projecting your own
misconception onto others. "Nahshon Evren" doctornash@polyclinic . ch wrote in message ... OK everyone I work with seems to systematically convert eveything to .pdf - I don't see the point really as everyone uses Word so... I'm convinced most people think .pdf compresses ! "Graham Mayor" a écrit dans le message de news: ... Yes. PDF has nothing to do with compression. If you want compression you need WinZip, WinRar or similar. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Nahshon Evren wrote: Thanks for the information -I always thought the point of pdf was to simply compress a file - am I wrong ? "Graham Mayor" a écrit dans le message de news: ... The whole point of PDF is to create a fixed format graphical representation of the original document. It is not intended to be deconstructed. You can do that but not without some personal input. The best tool I have found for the job is Abbyy Finereader's OCR software, but even that will not give you a true copy of the original document without putting in some work of your own. On the other hand a Word document opened on a different PC with different fonts and printer driver will not look the same either - which is where PDF came in in the first place. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Nahshon Evren wrote: OK so there's no 'ultimate' soft to get the thing perfect - the options are between a mess and a rat's nest ? N "Jezebel" a écrit dans le message de news: ... The issue is not so much the application for converting PDF to Word, but the application from which the PDF was created in the first place. Some document formats just don't convert very well to Word. If you convert a Word document to PDF than back, you generally get something pretty close to the original; but if the original was created by something that uses a very different object model (like PageMaker, Publisher, Corel, etc), then the resulting Word document will likely be a pig's breakfast, whatever you use for the conversion. "Nahshon Evren" doctornash@polyclinic . ch wrote in message ... Hi I've been trying several .pdf to Word converters, none seem good enough for recuperating original formats especially when reuperating tables and figures Does anyone have any good idea about which pdf to Word converter is the most effective for preserving formats (any including scientific tables and graphs?!) Many many many - Thanks Nash |
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"Jezebel" a écrit dans le message de news: ... Disabuse yourself of that conviction: that's just projecting your own misconception onto others. euh sorry must be in the wrong group - what's with the Wallmart psychology stuff ? |
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