3.8 star rating. However I tried using it and it turns out pretty good.
PDF to Word
There are websites that do file conversions of various types on the cloud. Just Google what you need.
e.g.
https://pdf2doc.com/
https://smallpdf.com/pdf-to-word
You can just use MS Word, simply ask it to open a PDF and it converts it automatically.
And what do they do with all your data?
You don't even need to use the print driver. Just 'save as' and select PDF.
I actually need a good suggestion for this for work. This method was what I had always done forever but recently at work this conversion can screw up some of our reports in terms of charts that can have really precise detail, afterwards the graphical fidelity jumps off a cliff. We found that "Print as PDF" was almost always superior to save as PDF in all cases but I have no idea why.
'Save as' Pdf keeps all the links and reference data inside of the document as well, it is more better for documents with less pictures and more reference data like page of contents, hyperlink, list of table, text, font, etc. It allows you to 'highlight' text and other features and easier to edit later on.
'Print as pdf' flattens the document then saving as pdf (equivalent to printing and then scanning it) so all reference data is gone. this option is best to give to the 'clients' as any 'hidden' data is gone and is usually a smaller file and faster to load up.
Cheers, our reports are don't have any reference data and are mostly charts with a bit of text. Wondering if you have any recommendation on the highest possible conversion? File size/loading need not matter. Last time I looked into it Microsoft's Print as PDF was the best but it still doesn't convert things as much as I'd like.
Now with word etc you don’t event have to print, you can shoes to save as PDF directly without any add ons
you can shoes to save as PDF directly without any add ons
Not true. You need to add on socks first.
@mickO1
no socks required on barefoot shoes ;)
Word, Excel, PowerPoint to PDF
You can already save any document to PDF in these applications…
thats true. but can u do it the other way round?
Yes, 'File / Open' and select the PDF file…
Yes, this is the best way to export a Word document to PDF. It includes the hyperlinks for the TOC and references in PDF. External applications can't do that.
This app does it the other way round. PDF to Word etc. Thanks OP, got it!
So does Word…
Yes this new(ish) feature of Word/Excel/Powerpoint is not very well-known to most users
Yes this new(ish) feature
Yes, it's been new since Word 2013 was launched 6 years ago…
If it's not well known, we need a PSA, like the pr0n download folder post last week.
@jv: I'm still on Word 2003. This is the first feature of a newer version I might consider upgrading over.
@DonWilson: In my experience, this works poorly, and is more likely to simply import the PDF as an "image" slapped on top of the Word document page than actually open it in a way that lets you meaningfully edit or amend it.
I tried to find this company's website and couldn't. They - "SoftPard Tech" - only appear to have a Google Plus page. Doesn't look too trustworthy.
IHMO, a far superior PDF Printer is BullZip - gives you all the export options you might need, exports better quality PDFs and the Community Edition is free for both personal use and commercial use up to 10 users: http://www.bullzip.com/products/pdf/info.php. I've used it for many years and it's never let me down. Yes, it only goes one way.
Any good options for PDF editors? Hate to have to pay so much 💰 to adobe.
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Can't you just print to PDF?
That's all I do. Or does this do more that my simple little brain can't comprehend?