Best PDF Modifying Software
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What happens when you simply copy all the text in the PDF and then paste it in Word ?
Won't let me.
Wait. Can't Word *natively* "print" to PDF?!
And don't Macs have a built-in PDF "printer" to generate PDFs from anything you can print from?
EDIT: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/mac-help/mchlp1531/mac
Yes, but Gebo wants to go in the other direction (i.e., convert an existing pdf file into a Word document). In any event, he's good now (see post #19).
Thanks for clarification. I am so good now thanks to Hall
Ah, **all** the posts count!
I read post #19 but I am skeptical that fonts embedded into a PDF - some of which may be license-encumbered - would make the transition to a Word document properly, given that a font used in Word would have to be conventionally installed in the host system.
He indicated that it converted "perfectly". I thought most OSes or applications have a database of "similar" font types so if they encounter some "FancyFont123", they have a cross-reference that indicates "Arial" is close and that's what it will use.
I am only concerned with modifying 2 different outlines for my class. Just wanting to eliminate some of what is there and
adding some of my own stuff. And it worked "perfectly" in both of my trials. I didn't have to deal with all those boxes and such.
Just move the curser and delete and start typing where I needed to add my thoughts.
I really got stressed Wed afternoon (class Wed nights) when I had to retype and reformat 6 pages. And all the time realizing I would
be doing that for 3 hours or so every Tues/Wed. Nothing to do with study and mental preparation. Just typing outlines....
Apple was kind enough to reimburse my $79.99 for that program. Some things they do are very impressive to me.
adding some of my own stuff. And it worked "perfectly" in both of my trials. I didn't have to deal with all those boxes and such.
Just move the curser and delete and start typing where I needed to add my thoughts.
I really got stressed Wed afternoon (class Wed nights) when I had to retype and reformat 6 pages. And all the time realizing I would
be doing that for 3 hours or so every Tues/Wed. Nothing to do with study and mental preparation. Just typing outlines....
Apple was kind enough to reimburse my $79.99 for that program. Some things they do are very impressive to me.
Yes, and a lot of those substitutions are near-pefect (ie. Helvetica and Arial); but the not-quite-perfect nature of that process has been the cause of a lot of similar support threads to this one!
It helps if you understand that a PDF file is a final format much like a printed page and it's always best to work with the source file and not the output. One way to look at it is you're trying to recreate a pig from sausage and as such you may experience unexpected results.
I must not have been clear enough. I wanted to go the other way. PDF to Word. Or maybe I’m not understanding what you are saying.
Funny you use that analogy. We just finished bagging and sealing 80 lbs of an old ground up sow. Hams included in the sausage.
Can't you just open word, then Open a "pdf" file and then it will convert it by itself?
Works on my work PC with Word 2016.
Works on my work PC with Word 2016.
Acrobat Pro is the way to go. There are others like Foxit, Bluebeam(Windows only, and more for AEC) and the tools in Office and Macs. But Adobe does tweaks to the PDF standard - it’s basically a PostScript file at its heart but with portability, security and scripting(with Javascript) features.
I was going to say online or inexpensive smartphone apps exist for this. Sounds like office 365 works for you!
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