This term refers to the transfer of data contained in the source file into a full-fledged, editable Word text. By the usual name Word, we mean any editor identical to it, for example, the free Writer from Libre Office. Converting from Word to PDF is usually clear. This feature is built into text editors and is not objectionable. Translating a file from PDF to Word is almost impossible.
With the conversion simple» PDF files whose data is entirely text, usually nothing complicated. An example of such a file would be a PDF created from text data directly in an editor such as Word.
Here are some conversion options, the first two methods are applicable offline
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The third one is a great way. online conversion:
And here's how to translate "difficult", consisting of combined data PDF file in Word? Such files are not rare. And it is with them that difficulties arise. The previous methods are completely inappropriate here. An image that is part of a complex file is not edited in any way along with the text. Here is an example of a complex file:
The task is to convert all the data of the source file into a full-fledged, editable text file Word format. There are two real, not bad online
way to solve this problem:
Perhaps, we will start with them, as with the most interesting ones.
Let's try "A way to recognize text in an image:", described in a previous publication: Let me remind you that we used an online converter with the consonant name Convertio. Everything is simple there. We go to the site (this is a link to the right page), upload our file and turn on the conversion. Here is the immediate result!
Absolutely all the contents of the source file have been transferred from PDF to Word. The text is well edited. There are also conversion errors.
But in general, the task is well solved! I just want to pay attention to two details.
Periodically, to the best of my ability and ability, I check the services that I recommend in the articles. As of February 2019, Convertio works pretty well in test (free) mode.
As of February 2019, at the end of the conversion, docs.zone allows you to download the result without registration and subscription to a paid tariff of $ 20 per year without restrictions on the number of documents. Enjoy!
The most powerful algorithm in this OCR converter, and choose it. Or go straight to this link.
Loading our complex file. We do not pay attention to annoying offers to register, we turn on the conversion. Here is the result.
You could say it's perfect.
It can be said that both online converter coped with the task. They keep the format of the text. They can recognize an image as text. Convertio has bugs. The task of translating PDF to Word is completed. A solid four for Convertio and it looks like a five with a plus for docs.zone.
First, let's try what happens when we try to convert our complex source from pdf to Word. We start from the very simple action. Open the file, then click: "File", then "Save as another ...", select "Text ...".
Here is the result. In fact, they asked for what they got. Only the text that was filled out on the form has survived - the picture:
If we are as file being converted let's take simple pdf, in which the data is presented as text, the result will be the same. Text in .txt format, it can be copied, transferred to Word or LibreOffice, but in any case, all formatting is lost irretrievably.
Let's try the next step. Everything is the same as in the first case, only instead of "Text" we select "Word or Excel online ...". Sounds at least optimistic.
Clicking on this field opens a browser window with a surprisingly naive offer to pay 966 rubles a month for a paid version. It's good that at the same time there is the possibility of a free test version for 7 days.
Well, we begin the installation of a test week. I will not describe a fairly standard and understandable procedure. Let me just say that it took a lot of time. I had to register twice. First on the site, just to download setup file. I had to re-enter my data after the installation, or at its final stage, to be precise. Installing the program also took a lot of time. I did not notice, as I was engaged in other work, but from time to time I glanced at the progress bar with curiosity in anticipation of success.
So, paid (7-day trial) Adobe version Acrobat DC is installed.
We try. Open our source file "Message about the presence of real estate objects". Click "File", then "Export to", then, " Microsoft Word". Great! We see a choice of two options: "Word Document" and "Word Document 97-2003".
Let's start with the first one.
Here is the result after trying to convert pdf to Word:
The image from the original document is still an image. See the anchor icon on the left? Almost all data, as it was a PDF image, has remained a picture that we cannot edit as text, only now it is inserted into a Word document. And only the data that was originally in the form of text is converted as a full-fledged text that can be edited. Text data formatting is preserved.
We are trying the option with "Word Document 97-2003".
Text only. The same thing that happened after trying to convert to Adobe Reader.
It is impossible not to recall that in the service Google Drive easily organized conversion from pdf to Word. True, in order to use this service, you must have your own Google account, which is super easy to create. Who Account already there, then immediately here: https://drive.google.com/
To convert a file, just go to Google Drive, click the "Upload" button, select the "Upload Files" option in the menu that opens.
After downloading the pdf file, click on it right click mouse, and from the suggested actions, select "Open with", and "Google Docs". Actually, everything, as soon as the document is opened, it is converted.
True, our test complex file, after being loaded and opened with Google Documents transferred to the document only that part of the data that was originally text. Part of the data that used to be an image is not transferred at all. That is, it turned out all the same option as in
For the most complex cases, files consisting of combined data, you can use the excellent online service docs.zone or convertio, which is slightly worse, but also works .
I cannot unequivocally say that Convertio is completely bad, perhaps the quality of the result also depends on the source document. In our example on the test document, Convertio clearly lost.
Great for everyday online use. The main advantages compared to Adobe:
Do you have other ideas for converting PDF to Word?
The purpose of this short tutorial article is to answer the question posed by its title.
Let's immediately thank Adobe for this wonderful format - PDF. Even more thanks to those who push everything that comes to hand into this format: both text and graphics, and also considers it bad manners to send you a regular letter without converting it to PDF ...
But calmly, without nerves! What does a PDF translator need? Right - TEXT. Better even unformatted (Plain Text). Well, you can also look at the pictures in Adobe Reader (formerly Acrobat Reader).
So, let's begin.
REMEMBER! If the customer wants to get a PDF output, and even with images in a raster, and so that the formatting is preserved, feel free to send it to a layout designer with Adobe inDesign! Or master it yourself and demand a markup for layout!
First, try to get the PDF source from the customer - maybe they made it from your favorite Microsoft Word with a PDF converter ... If it is not there, then we will figure out what kind of PDF files are and how to extract text from it.
1. PDF contains real text (hooray!). It can be extracted by simple selection and copying, or in the usual "Adobe Reader" ( free program to read PDF) from the File menu, select Save As Text (or sometimes even Save As Text With Formatting, if possible and necessary). There are also more complex and non-free options, which we will talk about in more detail a little later.
1.1. The PDF contains real text (rejoice too early!), but unknown forces do not allow us to copy it - the file is password protected and copying of the text is prohibited. What to do? Either take the password from the customer, or use the PDF utility Password Remover.
1.2. PDF contains real text (rejoice early!). It can be pulled out by simple copying, but ... some kind of encoding is not the same for him. And apart from crocozyabrs and numbers, nothing can be pulled out. Don't panic - read the next paragraph.
2. PDF is assembled from pictures or fonts in it in curves or "curve" encoding. Now this is a "hard case". The adored "FineReader" is indispensable here (ABBYY PDF Transformer does not give the same good results as the PDF converter, because it is not able to correctly determine all the blocks automatically. Let's put it this way: PDF Transformer is a stripped-down automatic version of FineReader). It would also be nice to get additional rewards for converting to text, because you spend your precious time on the recognition process, which does not always go as smoothly as we would like. But after all, the customer does not care whether you use electrodictionaries and automation tools or not. So those are your problems. :(
3. PDF is made up of images with unrecognizable text. Sorry. We print, forget about any "advanced programs", hang a piece of paper on a tablet and translate, improving our smacking skills on the keyboard.
Now, as promised, in more detail on the first point. For example, let's take a rather complicated file of a non-standard paper size with a guide to a bike harness from the Shimano website: SI-41R0F-PD-M970_540_520-EN.pdf (182 KB) . It has everything: tables, images in a raster, and text in different fonts and sizes. Let's try to convert it in turn in different ways.
1. The file is allowed to copy - PDF Password Remover is not required.
2. The text is "live". Let's try the free method:
Now let's try specialized PDF converter programs (not converters!). :
Adobe Acrobat 7.0 or 8.0 File - Save As… - *.doc, *.rtf
It's better not to watch them: it's some kind of horror. And this is a "native tool" for working with PDF?! The text format is the same as in Adobe Reader.
View converted file:
Save as *.txt ,
Save as *.doc ,
Save as *.rtf
Was chosen auto mode processing. The result, it should be noted, is not bad, but not very suitable for translation - the same extra paragraph marks, inconvenient text. Here is also a file saved in Word "As Plain Text"
The piece is good, of course. Only for BCL Jade to work, you also need Adobe Acrobat itself (not Reader). It is built into it as a plugin. And you will have to get used to it - you will have to “zone” everything manually. But he often copes with such things that others cannot (although only under the condition of a “live” PDF). Usually used to “pull out” what Solid didn’t pull out or didn’t pull out in the right way.
Just the height of asceticism! Nothing extra. That is, nothing at all: “Failed to convert” is the only thing that was achieved from BCL easyConverter :(
Download, download, download ... Well ... downloaded! And I would like to marvel at the beautiful *.doc file. But hopes were deceived: despite all the impressiveness, the program issued a file with MISSING text fragments! Forget like a bad dream.
Already almost desperate, I launch a certain Infix PDF Editor. I open a PDF, choose to save “As a plain text” ... We look ... And, lo and behold (!): we got a text that is digestible in the translation kitchen, there are no extra paragraph marks as a class - a class, in general, and “approved” ( even their RTF is pleasing to the eye - the font size and color are preserved).
And finally, free online PDF converters: ZamZar and Freepdfconvert. http://www.freepdfconvert.com Welcome! But do not forget: files with secret data should not be converted there;)
This online service is designed to convert everything to everything and download movies in YouTube and similar services, but also can convert PDF files to DOC, RTF, ODT, TXT formats
The text file that crawled out of the depths of Zamzar is terrible, but *.doc pleasantly surprised me - this is the FIRST decent document layout. The pictures are pretty mutilated, but the text is everywhere in place. Even with special characters. However, it is completely unsuitable for translation: some kind of striped and only plus paragraph marks at the end of EVERY line.
But this converter did a great job: everything looks very decent! And pictures of normal quality and text. Extra paragraph marks (which can be removed by a macro) are where they are in the PDF itself. If you work only in the form of "Page layout", then "solid four".
The result of the Freepdfconvert.com service converting a test PDF file into Microsoft format word-
There is an online service from the PDF creators themselves:
Conclusion: It is worth starting with the most reliable and simple programs. If the result is unsatisfactory, it remains to try the rest.
Phew. So this is what it is, this “pe-de-ef”. I hope I helped you at least a little. Good luck!
Everything is simple. Download the PDF document from hard drive/ from cloud storage or drag and drop to the upload field.
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PDF (pdf) is a format through which you can easily and conveniently read books on a computer. It allows you to save good quality not only text, but also images, which is why it is often used in printed materials.
If it's just an e-book that you read for the soul, then no inconvenience given format does not call. But when you have to work with such a document, for many it can be a problem. It is not very clear how to translate it into plain text and, in general, is it possible to do this without losing the formatting.
We will now look at the most simple ways translation into Word while maintaining the original form.
IN latest versions Microsoft office application Word has a built-in tool for converting pdf. You just need to open the file in this program, and then the system will do everything by itself.
1 . Click on the "FILE" button in the upper left corner of the window.
2. We go along the path Open → Computer and select the folder where our file is located.
3 . Select a document and click the "Open" button.
A warning window will appear, which you can not read and immediately press the "OK" button.
That's all! Now the document can be edited and saved in the usual doc or docx format.
True, page breaks are not located in the same places as in the original file, but you can somehow survive this. Most importantly, all tables and lists are editable.
If you have old version MS Word, but there is Adobe Acrobat Reader or Foxit Reader (one of them usually opens all pdf files), then you can convert using it.
1 . Open the file in Adobe Reader or Foxit Reader and copy the desired fragment of the document.
Usually it is enough just to open the file and it will immediately start in one of these programs (it will be written at the top which one).
To copy all the text in Adobe Reader, click on "Editing" at the top and select "Copy file to clipboard".
In Foxit Reader, to transfer all text, you need to click on "Home" at the top, click on the clipboard icon and select "Select All". Then click on the icon again and select "Copy".
2. Create a document in Word. To do this, right-click anywhere on the desktop and select New → Document Microsoft Office word.
Or you can simply open the program through Start → All Programs → Microsoft Office → Microsoft Office Word.
3 . We insert into the document the fragment that we copied from the pdf file. To do this, right-click on the sheet and in context menu select "Insert".
As a result, we get the same text, but with the possibility of editing. True, often it is added with slightly changed formatting and without images.
Summary: with plain text, this option is quite acceptable, but if the document also contains tables, lists, images, it is better to convert in other ways.
Programs for text recognition:
ABBYY FineReader (paid)
WinScan2PDF (freeware)
Hi all. I decided to write a useful article on how to convert pdf to word so that you can edit text for free. Let's see all the ways.
PDF format is a document format that helps keep it presentable and compact. appearance on any gadgets: computers, tablets, phones. That is why this format is currently used for e-books and magazines as it saves all text settings.
Users find that PDF files are very convenient to use, only there is one "but" - text editing. In this format, it is impossible to somehow change the text, moreover, not all PDF formats "allow" copying information. That is why users are looking for ways to convert PDF format into Word, an editor where you can fully work with text. Let's consider several ways.
File conversion is the transformation of a certain kind of files into some other form. Therefore, when we convert a PDF file, for example, to Word, this will be called converting.
If these methods do not suit you, there are several other online applications that can help you convert PDF files to Word.
