PDF converter

[AngryAmish]

I have lots of PDF files. I wish to get them into my word processor (so I can scan/manipulate text and other things).

Is there an (free hopefully) pdf to word processing converter? Thanks.

AA

[LeftyMom]

1. open office nt

[AngryAmish]

2. Hey, I just downloaded that today!

I am actually using it right now. How does one convert? I'm gonna go look.

[LeftyMom]

4. Set your pdfs to open with it

then use save as to save it as a .doc or whatever it is you need to work with it.

[WoodyTobiasJr]

3. CutePDF is a really good one

[AngryAmish]

5. What I need to do is get the text out of a PDF file

1. I get a pdf file.

2. I copy the text from a pdf and copy it into my word processor --in the word processor format not as importing an image of my pdf.

As it stands my scanner is useless because it only creates pdf files.

Please help!!

[Kellanved]

6. That's not an easy thing to do

PDFs don't store the text like a word-processor would. There are tools able to extract the text, including the acrobat reader, but the tools able to recreate them in an editable format are really expensive.

[AngryAmish]

7. Years ago I used a scanner

It would scan a document and inport it into wordperfect. There would be some mistakes but it was better than retyping a whole document.

I can't do that now. What gives?

[flvegan]

8. Your scanner's OCR program isn't MSWord friendly?

Or are you only using WordPerfect?

Most of the conversion software solutions are OCR programs, I think. Even Acrobat uses OCR for .pdf files, I think.

[AngryAmish]

10. Its an HP and only creates pdfs

[Kellanved]

9. Text is easy

Just open it in the acrobat reader and use cut&paste.

Another possibility are the xpdf tools.

Tools to do it right, like Gemini, are usually in the $200 ballpark.

[liberalpress]

11. Here ya go...

www.download.com/Word-Processing/3150-2079_4-0.html

Able2Doc wroks great and is only 40 bucks