[duxuser] Re: PDF to Microsoft Word?
- From: Bruce Maguire <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:13:38 +1100
Hi Everyone
Another option is to use one of the pdf conversion programs from ABBYY
(pdf Transforrmer) or Nuance (pdf Converter - note that Nuance was
formerly known as Scansoft). I actually genenerally use one of the OCR
programs (my preference is Finereader 7) to convert pdf files as I
find the results more consistent and the software interface less
crash-prone with screen-readers. I have a vague recollection that the
Adobe pdf conversion email service no longer works - bad news if your
access solution is a pda such as a Braillenote that doesn't support
Acrobat.
Bruce
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 12:04:45 +1300, you wrote:
>Last time I tried that email, it didn't work. after all, the latest PDF is
>available free to download.
>
>Cheers
>
>Kylee
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Taufa, John" <John.Taufa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:30 AM
>Subject: [duxuser] Re: PDF to Microsoft Word?
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>
>If you don't have Acrobat 6 then you could send the file as an
>attachment to pdf2txt@xxxxxxxxx This is a free service by Adobe which
>automatically converts the PDF to text then sends it back to you.
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>More info here:
>http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/access_onlinetools.html
>
>
>
>Regards,
>
>John
>
>
>
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>From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of Lynne Bach
>Sent: Wednesday, 9 November 2005 2:50 AM
>To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [duxuser] Re: PDF to Microsoft Word?
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>I have Adobe Acrobat 6.0, I assume you have Adobe Acrobat and not just
>Adobe Reader, the Adobe Reader is "Free-ware" and not a full functioning
>program. If you have Adobe Acrobat 6.0 or better you should be able to
>first open your Adobe file, then do a "File Save As" and save your file
>as a *.doc file, (the asterisk represents what you name your file.)
>Then open your Microsoft word program, open the file you just saved
>while you were in Adobe, when this file opens you should have a word
>document that JAWS or other screen reader program will read. At this
>point I have been having my daughter check for corrections then save and
>close. I do this first because if the file doesn't open in Words you may
>need to go back to Adobe and save again but this time try as a "plain
>text file or, *.txt, (again the asterisk is your name for your file.)
>
>Once either of these files are open and functioning in Words or Notepad,
>then Connie closes them, reopens in Duxbury and proceeds through normal
>process.
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>Lynne C. Bach
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>Lynne2b@xxxxxxxxxxx
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>Ph: 847-629-7503
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>Fax: 847-629-7514
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>On Behalf Of Karina Gregory
>Sent: Monday, November 07, 2005 5:17 PM
>To: Vicki Ratcliffe; Terry Bray (Work); Steve Doyle; Sidney Tyrrell;
>Paul Hunt; Chris Norman; BCAB; Anne Dickinson; Nick Adamson; duxuser;
>DerekNaysmith; david thompson; DAVID POOL; Andrew Hodgson
>Subject: [duxuser] PDF to Microsoft Word?
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>
>Hi all,
>
>
>
>Please can someone help me? I have a PDF file that I need to translate
>into Braille, and thus need to transfer it to a Word Document. I have
>tried to read the PDF version of the file using both JAWS and Supernova
>neither of which seemed to be very successful as when I got to the
>bottom of the active window the cursor refused to go any further.
>
>Is there an easy way that I can use to transfer the document from a PDF
>file to a Microsoft Word .doc file without loosing anything?
>
>Thank you in advance for your help.
>
>Karina
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