hi, folks, quick question--is there any quick way to un-pdf a pdf file? in other words, to extract the text from a pdf file so that it becomes editable? a client sent me a cd full of stuff for editing--in pdf format! grrrr.....
As long as the pdf was created from an actual document (and not a scanned image), you should be able to select all then copy and paste (from the pdf viewer into a word processor) If it is a scanned document, an OCR might be able to convert the text into real text. hth
hi, sir butch. i usually do what elbert does, but it's such a pain when there are footnotes. mano-mano. when there are footnotes in the pdf file i just select the text portion by portion, and then re-create the footnotes manually. it's annoying, i know.
FYI Butch, if the pdfs aren't security locked, you can used Adobe Acrobat Pro (not the free downloadble version) to edit them, add notes, etc. then save it
On the down side, although you can simply copy and paste text, the pasted content usually retains the formatted line breaks... which can even be more annoying.
