PDF to Word

I need to edit a document that i have scanned. It is a pdf file and i need to edit the text and keep the same formating and font. anyone know of a program that works well? all the ones i have tried just turn the pdf into an image, rather than converting it in to text.

 

Scanned=Image doesn't it? There is no text to edit. You might try some kind of OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software.

 

you mean you need to change your marks on your report card?

jk

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Here's a list of various options for you. Some are free while others are not:

OCR APPS:
OmniPage - http://www.nuance.com/imaging/products/omnipage.asp $150 + $499 (free with HP printer/scanner) (published by Nuance, the same company that publishes Dragon Naturally Speaking) is a good program for OCR scanning and editing. OCR ability is excellent, even with poor scans or damage originals. (Nuance also publishes PDF Converter Professional 6 which is their PDF to Word EDITOR! http://www.nuance.com/imaging/pdfconverter/pdfconverter-professional.asp)

SimpleOCR - SimpleOCR - freeware OCR software and royalty free OCR engine!

GOCR GOCR

PDF to WORD CONVERTERS:
PDF Converter Professional 6 - $99.99 (published by NUANCE – which makes OmniPage OCS software - $499). PDF Converter Professional is Nuance’s PDF to Word EDITOR! http://www.nuance.com/imaging/pdfconverter/pdfconverter-professional.asp

PDF-to-Word Download PDF-to-Word Demo 2.5 is an application that allows you to convert PDF files to .doc files. Although there are many PDF converters out there, this one has a twist. It allows you to completely convert a PDF file conserving its original formatting, which many other application just can't do. This application will analyze your PDF file from bottom to top and, then will take into consideration the disposition of paragraphs and graphics and convert them accordingly, so that you get a true copy of your PDF in a format that is easily editable. It also converts graphics and lines characteristic of the PDF format into elements that are supported by word.

PDF To Word Converter Version 2.5.3 - Converts pictures and saves wrapping info, links, etc.

AXPDF PDF to Word Converter. Supposedly creates EDITABLE Word documents - FREE

Quick-PDF.com - http://www.quick-pdf.com/pdf-t... $49.95
Trial version - http://www.quick-pdf.com/pdf-t....

PDFedit - pdfedit Release 0.4.1 February 24, 2008 Download

ANYBIZSOFT PDF TO WORD CONVERTER - BETA PDF to Word Converter, Convert PDF to Word, Free PDF to Word Converter

NITROL PDF: You can EDIT a PDF file with the program Nitro PDF. It's shareware but it's very handy. You can create and edit PDF files - and even has its own plugin for Microsoft Office Word to save as PDF.

Hellopdf Free PDF to Word Converter Tried and can do some EDITING of text and images.

PrimoPDF: PDF Converter — #1 Free PDF Creator — PrimoPDF

Free PDF to Word Converter 1.5?

Free PDF to Word Doc Converter 1.1?

Anypdftools - PDF to Word Converter, Convert PDF to Word, Free PDF to Word Converter

Pdf to Doc Converter - PDF to Doc Converter.

And, if all else fails, you can try this procedure to, at least, take the text out of your PDF file and put into a Word doc so that it can be edited:

TO TRANSFER TEXT FROM PDF FILE TO PUT INTO AN MS WORD FILE:

Open PDF document
Go to File, Save as Text
Save as a Text File
Go to Windows Explorer and open the Text File
Copy and Paste into MS Word
(Can only copy the text, not the formatting)

 

To convert scaned PDF to Word, you need a PDF to word converter with OCR.
Here are some free OCR may help.

Have it a try anyway.

 

Get yourself a Professional version of Acrobat and then just use the save-as feature.

 

You will not, with any current software, be able to edit a document you have scanned and keep all the formatting and fonts and the same. It doesn't work that way.

The only thing you might be able to do is scan it in as an image, and try to image edit it by copy+pasting and such. But printing it back out will be a heck of an issue.

It'd be easier to study for your grades next time

 

Here's a $500 solution... Nuance - OmniPage - Breakthrough Innovation and Accuracy for Superior OCR

 

Actually, you can: OCRTerminal OCR Terminal: Online OCR - Convert PDF to Word, JPEG to Word is an online OCR service that converts scanned images into EDITABLE + searchable Word docs. I've used it. and it works very well. The service gives you 20 free pages a month.

 

That will work or, can't they just scanned to doc file?

 

Can't scan directly to doc file without some form of Optical Character Recognition first. Otherwise, it's just any other image. There are a few expensive OCR programs that are really good and that attempt to match the font of the scanned page. I think you're going to have a hard time executing what you want and getting an exact font readout.

 

vuescan has OCR integrated, works pretty well.

 

Documents>OCR Text Recognition>Recognize Text Using OCR...

Or directly from the Word Doc. Right click and Recognize Text as OCR.

Long after report cards I still have some things that need to be 'adjusted'.