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Create Word docs from PDFs

Create Word docs from PDFs

Thrax Robert Hallock 30 Dec, 2008 at 11:27am ET Article published in Tech

Though PDF is proprietary and Acrobat is trashy, the PDF remains a swank format because it guarantees every reader sees the same document free of font or formatting quirkiness. Yet no matter how super awesome PDF can be, sometimes it’s just plain better to have a document that can be edited at leisure. To that end, today’s download of the day is the aptly-named Free PDF to Word Doc Converter which does exactly as the name implies.

While moving to the Word .DOC format can spell some wacky results, the program does allow for some control in the final output. Give it a try and let us know how it worked for you in the comments!

Acrobat give you the willies?

It’s well known that Acrobat and Quicktime are the lords of the bloatware kingdom. If you’re looking for an alternative to Acrobat that’s every bit as good as the real deal, give Foxit Reader a try. It boasts all the same features with a fraction of the drain on your system’s precious resources.

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Comments

  1. MiracleManS
    30 Dec 2008 ~ 11:45am MiracleManS Foxit is amazing. Ever since I reformatted my machine, I've been trying to find apps that are free and fast (that 3200+ is showing its age!). Foxit is just one example of what awesome things are out there.
  2. Linc
    30 Dec 2008 ~ 1:22pm Linc ugh. This makes the standardista in me cringe, but it's definitely useful for some.

    PDF isn't proprietary any more; it's an open standard, and they're working on a way to markup PDFs as pure XML now. I expect when that's done the transition will be as easy as opening a PDF in OpenOffice.
  3. Komete
    31 Dec 2008 ~ 1:07am Komete Good news but it is time to give the word swank a little rest. Just don't make a mistake that I made and used the word shwank. And don't google shwank. You'll come away feeling jaded.
  4. kryyst
    31 Dec 2008 ~ 8:55am kryyst I've found that PDF to Word is a generally clunky program that only works on the most rudimetary pdf's and even then I've seen it flub more formating then not.

    If I'm without acrobat and I need to edit a PDF I just use OpenOffice3 with the pdf import pluggin. It still doesn't always work depending on how the PDF was layed out but I've found it to be far more reliable then the linked converter.

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