[aalaan]

Hi all.

Word 2000 (XP home). Is there an easy way to bring in a pdf file to a Word
document (or convert one) so that all the text formatting is preserved?

TIA

[Shauna Kelly]

Hi aalaan

You can use a PDF to Word converter (try
http://www.google.com.au/search?sour...t+pdf+to+word).

Or, you can just copy the text from (eg) Adobe Reader and then paste into a
Word document.

In either case, what you get depends on how the original PDF file was
created in the first place and will probably need cleaning up.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"aalaan" wrote in message
...
Hi all.

Word 2000 (XP home). Is there an easy way to bring in a pdf file to a Word
document (or convert one) so that all the text formatting is preserved?

TIA

[TedMi]

Another way: Insert Object Create From File, check the Display as Icon
box, then browse to the location of your PDF file and select it. This will
insert the PDF as an attachment to your doc, and show an icon which, when
clicked, will open the attachment in a PDF reader window (assuming the target
system has a reader installed).
--
Ted

[aalaan]

Thanks.

Can you recommend one particular converter that is free of charge and has no
bugs/viruses?


"Shauna Kelly" wrote in message
...
Hi aalaan

You can use a PDF to Word converter (try
http://www.google.com.au/search?sour...t+pdf+to+word).

Or, you can just copy the text from (eg) Adobe Reader and then paste into
a Word document.

In either case, what you get depends on how the original PDF file was
created in the first place and will probably need cleaning up.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"aalaan" wrote in message
...
Hi all.

Word 2000 (XP home). Is there an easy way to bring in a pdf file to a
Word document (or convert one) so that all the text formatting is
preserved?

TIA

[Shauna Kelly]

Sorry, aalaan, I can't give you a recommendation. I played with a couple a
few years ago on a test machine, decided that copying and pasting was
probably just as effective for what I needed, and gave up.

You might try http://www.download.com/. I've generally found the editor's
reviews there to be useful in sorting out the wheat from the chaff.

Shauna

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"aalaan" wrote in message
...
Thanks.

Can you recommend one particular converter that is free of charge and has
no bugs/viruses?


"Shauna Kelly" wrote in message
...
Hi aalaan

You can use a PDF to Word converter (try
http://www.google.com.au/search?sour...t+pdf+to+word).

Or, you can just copy the text from (eg) Adobe Reader and then paste into
a Word document.

In either case, what you get depends on how the original PDF file was
created in the first place and will probably need cleaning up.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"aalaan" wrote in message
...
Hi all.

Word 2000 (XP home). Is there an easy way to bring in a pdf file to a
Word document (or convert one) so that all the text formatting is
preserved?

TIA

[Graham Mayor]

You don't need a 'converter' to insert a PDF file as an object (bearing in
mind that objects cannot span pages). You need Acrobat Reader version 7.

If you want to *edit* the PDF document, you need OCR software and the type
that does a decent job will not be free - Finereader 8 would be my choice.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Shauna Kelly wrote:
Sorry, aalaan, I can't give you a recommendation. I played with a
couple a few years ago on a test machine, decided that copying and
pasting was probably just as effective for what I needed, and gave up.

You might try http://www.download.com/. I've generally found the
editor's reviews there to be useful in sorting out the wheat from the
chaff.
Shauna

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"aalaan" wrote in message
...
Thanks.

Can you recommend one particular converter that is free of charge
and has no bugs/viruses?


"Shauna Kelly" wrote in
message ...
Hi aalaan

You can use a PDF to Word converter (try
http://www.google.com.au/search?sour...t+pdf+to+word).

Or, you can just copy the text from (eg) Adobe Reader and then
paste into a Word document.

In either case, what you get depends on how the original PDF file
was created in the first place and will probably need cleaning up.

Hope this helps.

Shauna Kelly. Microsoft MVP.
http://www.shaunakelly.com/word


"aalaan" wrote in message
...
Hi all.

Word 2000 (XP home). Is there an easy way to bring in a pdf file
to a Word document (or convert one) so that all the text
formatting is preserved?

TIA