Re: Print to Word
"Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> To clarify: to print to .doc file that is used by MS Word. Like pdf955
> that can print to .pdf file but can't be opened in MS Word therefore can
> not be edited at a later date.
Of course not, because PDF files aren't intended to be particularly
editable. The PDF format is intended to provide a consistent appearance
for compound documents, containing words, charts, tables, images, etc.
regardless of platform. It isn't intended to be an editable file any more
than a JPEG is.
To edit PDF files after they are created, you need something like Acrobat,
not reader, just as you need an image editor to edit JPEG files.
Word isn't a PDF editor.
What you can sometimes do, depending on the options chosen by the person who
created the PDF, and which may give results that are not particularly
helpful, is highlight the text in the PDF, then choose Copy and Paste into a
Word doc or text file. Expect to lose most if not all formatting.
HTH
-pk
> "Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message
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>> "Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:eh281rzKJHA.5328@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual
>>> printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free
>>> converters.
>>
>> Word isn't a printer and so you can't print to it. Are you actually
>> looking for a format converter? Your question is not clear (and no, it
>> doesn't have anything to do with XP).
>>
>> PDF to doc converters - there is a large dependency on the source
>> material. If the original PDF source is a scan, the PDF contains an
>> image, not text. The same problem arises with trying to use a fax image.
>>
>> Acrobat (not the Reader, IIRC) does contain some text recognition
>> routines (called OCR) that can convert these images to text, though it's
>> never a good idea to rely solely on this; you must do a word for word
>> proofread. OCR is a complex process and is very seldom free, as the
>> programs that offer it frequently incorporate licensed software.
>>
>>
>> HTH
>> -pk
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