Nifty web app: Convert PDF Document To Word
Written on 7th January 2009
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Ernst-Jan Pfauth, editor in chief
Have you ever retyped too many lines of text from a PDF doc because you couldn’t select it? Instead of a simple copy/ past action, you spend too much time on mindless work. ConvertPDFtoWord.net is a nifty web application that makes sure you’ll never have to do this again. I made the effort of writing an extensive manual for you, so using the tool shouldn’t be a problem.
Step 1: Upload
Step 2: Download
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By Jimmy Shelter on Jan 7, 2009
Someone should tell them the font on the buttons on the second screen are not very Web 2.0.
Ah well, at least it’s not comic sans.
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By Elf on Jan 8, 2009
I really don’t see the point in this. First of all, Open Office can edit PDFs without much trouble.
Secondly, the text this application generates is not flowing from one page to the next. The text is split up in paragraph blocks with an absolute position on the page. It also messed up columns.
If one understands the limitations in the PDF-format, I guess this is an ok solution. But there is Open Office anway.
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