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If you've created or received a business document in PDF format and need to repurpose its contents in Microsoft Word, Adobe Acrobat Pro offers you options that can simplify your task and improve the quality of the results. Especially if you no longer have access to the source of the PDF file -- or didn't create it in the first place -- going back to the original document and trying to export it may not be an option. Acrobat Pro's advanced features convert your PDF in a form that matches the look, as well as the content, of the original.
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Open the 'File' menu, locate the 'Save As' submenu and choose the applicable file type, depending on whether you're saving your PDF for use in current or older versions of Microsoft Word. Once you choose the file type, you can access an additional flyout menu from which to choose either 'Word Document,' which exports to Word's XML-based DOCX format, or 'Word 97-2003 Document,' which targets Word's legacy DOC format.
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Choose a file location and enter a name for your Word export file. Click on the 'Settings' button to access conversion options. Both file formats suitable for use in Microsoft Word offer choices that enable you to tailor the file you save to how you plan to use it.
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Choose from two radio buttons that select layout settings. The 'Retain Flowing Text' option preserves text sequencing as a continuous flow from beginning to end. If you prefer to maintain the look of the PDF document's pages rather than ease of text editing, choose 'Retain Page Layout' to create an output file with individual text boxes.
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Activate the check box for 'Include Comments' to add strike-outs and highlights directly in the text of the Word file. Comments appear as individual text boxes.
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Turn on the check box for 'Include Images' to export the PDF file's artwork in the Word file. Depending on the other options you choose, the images may not appear in the same places on the pages of your Word file as they do in the original PDF.
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Activate the check box for 'Run OCR If Needed' so Acrobat Pro uses optical character recognition to turn the text included in the PDF's images into live text in the exported Word document. If you select this option, you can click on the 'Set Language' button to stipulate the language Acrobat Pro uses for text conversion.
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Rigol spectrum analyzer dsa 815. Click the 'OK' button to start the conversion process. If you're converting a multi-page PDF file with complex layout features, the export process may not be instantaneous.
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Examine your exported file in Microsoft Word to check the faithfulness of the conversion. If you notice any obvious flaws, correct them and re-save the file.
Tips
- To export only part of the text in your PDF, make a selection with the Select tool, right-click to bring up a menu of options and choose 'Export Selection As.' Enter a filename and specify your desired output format. Your selection can include part or all of a page, or parts or all of multiple pages.
- When you select a combination of text and graphics, you can export both at the same time. If your selection cuts across part of a graphic, the exported file contains only the portion of the graphic you selected.
- To control the way Acrobat Pro exports the images in a PDF file, export them in a separate step so they become individual files.
Warning
- Copying the content of a copyrighted document may constitute a violation of copyright. Verify that you have the rights to export a PDF before you do so.
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The PDF (Portable Document Format) is the open standard, created by Adobe in the 1990s, for presenting documents so they look consistent across all platforms and software. DOC (or DOCX) is the format/file extension used mainly by Microsoft Office for its word processing documents. The two aren't anywhere near compatible.
The problem is that you can't open a DOC file with Adobe Reader (or any other free PDF reader like FoxIt and Sumatra). But in order to convert PDFs to Word format—which really just means editing a a PDF in Word—the related process is easy.
As of Word 2013 (released in 2012), Microsoft has offered a function called PDF Reflow. It does what you expect. In Word, you go to the File tab, select open, select any PDF File, and open it right up for editing, as if it was a Word DOCX file.
There are limitations, however. The PDF you open in Word will have all the content, but it probably won't look exactly right. That's because PDFs are 'fixed'—while the data is there, the file doesn't store the relationship between the data (such as the position on the page). Word documents are all about exacting that placement.
Here's a list from Microsoft of exactly what may not convert just right:
- Tables with cell spacing
- Page colors and page borders
- Tracked changes
- Frames
- Footnotes that span more than one page
- Endnotes
- Audio, video, and PDF active elements
- PDF bookmarks
- PDF tags
- PDF comments
- Font effects, like Glow or Shadow (in the Word file, the effects are represented by graphics)
When you open a PDF in Word, you'll get this warning:
'Word will now convert your PDF to an editable Word document,' it says. 'This may take a while. The resulting Word document will be optimized to allow you to edit the text, so it might not look exactly like the original PDF, especially if the original file contained a lot of graphics.'
That said, the graphics get pulled in; they are easily editable as well.
Saving a file from Word 2013 to PDF is as simple as doing a Save as from the File tab. You should check the boxes on the save dialog box that say 'Open File After Publishing' to immediately view it.
Conversion also works in Word Online, found at Office Online. You open a PDF in Word Online and it's viewable, but click the 'Edit in Word' link and you'll see this:
That's followed by another warning about changes to the layout, etc. But the content will be there and editable, even if the look went wonky. Give it a try.
That's it, you're all set for using PDFs in Word. Unless you have an older version of Microsoft Word.
PDF Use With Older Versions of Word
You're out of luck trying to open a PDF directly in Word 2010 or earlier. You'll need to convert the file first.
The ways to do this are numerous. Sites like Nitro's Converter will easily do a one-at-a-time conversion in either direction and email you the result. Of course, Nitro would prefer to sell you some software, which is handy if you've got hundreds or thousands of PDFs that need conversion.
Others include: Word.net, which has similar features; doc2pdf, arguably the best looking site that converts PDFs to Word and back; PDFPro's option to convert up to three PDF files to Word a month; and PDF Converter, which also converts PDF to Excel, PowerPoint, or an image, or vice versa. In fact, you can email any attachment to [email protected] and get a PDF.
For desktop software—which is the fastest way to turn a PDF into a Word DOC—there is no lack of options. PDFMate or WPS Office's Converter are great options for Windows users. If you're on a Mac, there are Lighten or iPubsoft, but each only has a free trial, so they're not totally free.
Smallpdf sells a $99 Windows tool called Solid PDF Converter that does a lot more than just Word output, plus handles batch conversions and OCR to make scans into editable text; it also offers a $6 per month service to make unlimited conversions online.
Ultimately, however, Word makes a pretty terrible editor for PDF files. You're going to be much better off finding a full PDF editor, and you don't have to pay the big cost of getting Adobe Acrobat Pro DC.
FoxIt PhantomPDF, for example, is $109; Qoopa's PDF Studio Standard goes for $89; and CutePDF is just $49.95. They've all got free trials, so if you've got serious PDF editing in your future, give them a try before you settle for Word conversions.
Export a PDF to JPEG or other image format
If you need to convert a PDF into an image file, it's going to be a whole lot easier on a Mac than it would be with a PC. On a Mac, simply open the PDF in Preview. Use the File > Export menu and select the image format you want and the options you prefer, and you've got your image file.
On Windows, the best no-cost method is to open a free Adobe account and log in to https://cloud.acrobat.com/exportpdf. Drag a PDF into the window; from the Convert To: menu, select Image, then Image Format (JPEG, PNG, or TIFF), and use the slider to select the image quality. Multipage PDFs get converted into separate image files. You can then download a ZIP with the image files.
If you're bothered by privacy concerns and don't want to share your data with Adobe, then you can use many image editors to export PDF to image files. Our favorite is XnViewMP (www.xnview.com), free for personal and educational use. When you open a PDF in XnViewMP, you'll probably need to follow the prompts to install the open-source GhostScript app for working with PDF and PostScript files, but you can then use XnViewMP to export a PDF to any standard image format. Keep in mind that all fonts will be converted from scalable TrueType format into bitmap, and small text will look 'block-y.'
If you want fine-tuned export options, any commercial PDF editor can export to image files. 0017We've used FineReader, Acrobat, and PDF-Xchange Editor with excellent results—including options to create small files suitable for display on the web, insert into documents, or use anywhere else where PDFs aren't supported or convenient.
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