Re: how does one convert a word document to pdf?
- From: garfield-n-odie <garfieldnodie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2005 14:20:53 -0700
I didn't assume anything... in your post, you only address converting pdf to Word, which is not what the OP asked. And if you feel insulted, then you should reexamine the tone of your own post, and realize that you reaped what you sowed.
Ward wrote:
Insults aside, you should ask before assuming - the process I outlined does DOC-PDF, PDF-DOC, and other conversions.
As for advertising, I'm only sharing my discoveries because I know the frustrations involved in this task.
"garfield-n-odie" wrote:
The original question was "how to convert Word to pdf", so your belated and irrelevant essay on "how to convert pdf to Word" is, to coin a phrase, laughable.
Ward wrote:
My Solution: Microsoft Word + Scansoft’s PDF Converter
You can’t convert PDF documents to Microsoft Word for free. You have to purchase software from someone to do it - that’s just the nature of this beast.
There are lots of PDF-to-DOC converters on the market, and I tested several of these programs:
1. ScanSoft PDF Converter @ http://www.scansoft.com
2. Solid Converter PDF @ http://www.solidpdf.com/
3. PDF Grabber @ http://www.pixelplanet.com
4. PDF2Word @ http://www.verypdf.com/pdf2word/
5. Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Standard and Adobe Acrobat 7.0 Professional @ http://www.adobe.com
After all my research and testing I chose ScanSoft's PDF converter. It did the best job converting PDF files. No exception. It costs $50 making Adobe Acrobat's $450 price tag laughable.
But here's the part I like the best: it integrates with Microsoft Word. So what does that mean? It means you can use the Word Batch Conversion Wizard (the best kept secret) to convert mounds of PDF documents to the native Microsoft Word DOC format. Instead of getting RTF files with DOC extensions, PDF Converter via the Batch Conversion Wizard (BCW) actually converts PDF documents to "real" Microsoft Word documents.
The RTF issues proved to be a frustrating caveat. Before I discovered PDF Converter, I was using Adobe Acrobat Professional to convert PDF documents to “Word” documents. Afterwards, I had to clean up the mangled mess left by Acrobat’s half-hearted job. Using BCW, I converted the RTF/DOC files to a pure DOC format. It was ugly, laborious, and expensive.
Replacing these primitive steps with PDF Converter provided the best, cheapest answer to the PDF-to-DOC mystery. Since everyone at my company has Microsoft Office already installed, this solution beats all the other ideas I’ve seen or read so far.
All of the converters tested (including PDF Filter) proved incapable of converting PDFs straight to DOCs without the RTF detour. However, PDF Converter circumvented this obstacle when launched via the BCW. This feature is priceless (along with its good conversion accuracy). In fact, PDF Filter frequently converts better than Adobe!
"garfield-n-odie" wrote:
Although Adobe Acrobat is the original and arguably still the best (and probably the most expensive), there are many shareware and freeware programs that will create PDF files. See http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=pdf+converter&btnG=Search .
Lorrie White wrote:
Do you also have the Adobe Acobat program available? If so, there should be icons available in your tool bar area. If you have the program, but the icons aren't available, look for it in the Tools menu . add-ins. Or, open Adobe and call up the Word file. In either case, unelss you own the Adobe program, you can not develop a .PDF file. Adobe does make available a reader...for those that receive .pdf files and do not own their program.
"Papajackcane" <Papajackcane@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:7C26ADFA-55D1-4EF1-8DA8-FADBF824982B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
I need to create a pdf document from a word document. How do I do it?
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