PDF Files

[cavan4ever]

Anyone know is it possibe to convert a PDF back to word??

[thejuice]

its not directly possible as far as I know, but if you have one of the latest Adobe Reader, number 8 I think, you can copy and paste the text on the PDF into a Word document

[cavan4ever]

Thanks

[rolloutking]

Sounds like someone is plagarising

[cavan4ever]

Sounds like someone is plagarising

No point in reinventing the wheel 

[mylestheslasher]

I think you can if you have full version of Adode acrobat. It lets you edit the text so that you can copy and paste into word. I don't think the basic "reader" package will allow that - in fact, I just checked and it is not possible. The full version costs money unless  you have a kind friend that will loan you a version.

[Hardy]

ABBYY FineReader seems to be fairly good. I have a version of it that came with my scanner. It OCRs graphics files into Word very well. My version doesn't handle PDF, but I see you can download a free trial of their Professional version that does - here.

[Lar Naparka]

You will find a fairly useful converter at www.zamzar.com.
It's fairly simple to use the program and the interface you're presented with is a three part process.
Locate the PDF file you want converted. Clck the format you want to convert your file to ans then okay\y the conversion.
Zamzar will then send you a link, via email, to let you know when the converted file is ready for download.
If things are busy on the zamzar server, it may take a while before the email arrives.
I find it satisfactory, which means it is not without fault; problems can arise if the PDF file you are using was created from an already complex file. It can make a donkey's haemes out of textboxes that were originally created in Word.
But it will do a reasonably good job on a straightforward PDF file.

[Gaffer]

You will find a fairly useful converter at www.zamzar.com.
It's fairly simple to use the program and the interface you're presented with is a three part process.
Locate the PDF file you want converted. Clck the format you want to convert your file to ans then okay\y the conversion.
Zamzar will then send you a link, via email, to let you know when the converted file is ready for download.
If things are busy on the zamzar server, it may take a while before the email arrives.
I find it satisfactory, which means it is not without fault; problems can arise if the PDF file you are using was created from an already complex file. It can make a donkey's haemes out of textboxes that were originally created in Word.
But it will do a reasonably good job on a straightforward PDF file.

Is this free of charge?

[Lar Naparka]

Yes, the basic service is.
I have used it to convert PDF files without charge. It does offer a load of other services that I never bothered to look up, but from the sound of it, some of the conversions that are offered will incur a fee. [It offers conversion between loads of formats besides .pdf to .doc.]