[Nahshon Evren]

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

[Jezebel]

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

[Nahshon Evren]

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

[Graham Mayor]

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

[Nahshon Evren]

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

[Dawn Crosier, Word MVP]

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"

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"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
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

[Graham Mayor]

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

[Nahshon Evren]

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

[Jezebel]

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

[Nahshon Evren]

"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 ?