How to convert pdf to word or PPT?

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  1. youtuy

    youtuy MDL Novice

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    I've bought a pdf format ebook and would like to quote some sections to make a word or PPT presentation for my teaching class, buy somehow I can only copy text but not the charts and photos which are the most important things.So how can I convert the pdf ebook to word or PPT document without changing the original layouts? Can Adobe do that?Or any other software?
     
  2. ballackay

    ballackay MDL Novice

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    Yeah I remember Adobe does have a professional converter can do that, but it cost a lot of money.You won't have to convert the pdf file.You can copy the text you want to your word or ppt file for further editing.As for the charts and photos, you can capture from the computer's screen and then put it into your file.In that way you can easily make your own word/ppt.
    But if you still want to convert the file, you can refer to the following articles:
    How to convert PDF to Word
    How to convert PDF to PowerPoint
     
  3. ultimate_live

    ultimate_live MDL Expert

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    Microsoft Office 2013 does it. Opens any PDF files in Word. But PowerPoint I tested and didn´t work.
     
  4. Proxus01

    Proxus01 MDL Novice

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    What he said or buy the convertor from Adobe
     
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    Kamar MDL Junior Member

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    jayblok MDL Guru

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  7. Doyle PDFhousing

    Doyle PDFhousing MDL Novice

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    in fact, you can find some online pdf convertor, of cause you CAN!
     
  8. rubiny

    rubiny MDL Novice

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    Converting a PDF to a DOC format can be challenging without Adobe Acrobat. As of October 2012, Acrobat XI Pro costs $199 on the Adobe website.But you don't necessarily need Acrobat to [convert pdf file to Word document]. There're lots of PDF to word/ppt converter on the Internet, just type your question to google and there'll be many recommendations.
    I don't have experience on [converting PDF file to PowerPoint], but you can try to save every page of the pdf file as image and export to a new PPT document.
     
  9. cruyu

    cruyu MDL Novice

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    That's a common question pdf users've come across.
    PDF(Portable Document Format) was originally developed by Adobe, therefore Adobe definately has the most professional converter to help you do what you need, with a pretty expensive price of course.I don't think there's any other way to convert pdf format to word or ppt without a software, unless you are a programmer.
    Here're some information that might help you to solve your problem:
    How to convert PDF to Word/PPT/Text/Epub/image/HTML
    How to convert PDF to Word/PPT/Text/Epub/image/HTML on Mac
     
  10. paulinasalsa

    paulinasalsa MDL Novice

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    I heard that Office 2013 can open pdf as word.doc.
     
  11. fkar

    fkar MDL Recognized Advisor

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    NitroPDF is my choice about converting PDF to Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Result is 94% as far as I used.

    Go here for official trial download. nitropdf.com/support/downloads

    Search TPB for Activation methods.
     
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  12. alicepattinson

    alicepattinson MDL Member

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    Yupz! I also tried some free pdf - word converter online but maximum is only 3 pages of the pdf to convert.
     
  13. cbdoc

    cbdoc MDL Novice

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    If you are only looking to convert pdf books try calibre. It's an open source epub converter that has a lot of functionality.
     
  14. arronlee

    arronlee MDL Novice

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    Thank you for your sharing.
    It will be appreciated very much.
    But if you have larger documents and with mostly text and pictures, you could try a professional PDF tool. It woks great with an OCR sdk that will electronically read a document and retype it into another application like Word. It even keeps the formatting intact. It's kind of buggy, but it works quite well for basic documents and will convert text that is from pdf, jpg, tiff, etc. It can read anything. You can also convert the pdf ebook to word or PPT document without changing the original layouts.

    Download the free trial and try it. Let me know if this helped and were able to do this with success.


    Kind Regards,
    Arron
     
  15. coatedpill

    coatedpill MDL Novice

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    I believe there is online coverter for that. I already used once of it but I merely forgot the link. Try Googling it :)
     
  16. thebirdman

    thebirdman MDL Novice

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    hey ive been looking for something similar but had to find out converting pdf to word is a real hassle, sicne they only convert text and no images
    for you it might be of use though since you say you need it to take out a few bits
     
  17. avatarsiz

    avatarsiz MDL Junior Member

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    Hi,

    It's easy to open pdf files with word 2013.

    WAY 1:

    1. Left click on your pdf file,

    2. "In left click menu" click Open with...

    3. Find word 2013

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    WAY 2:

    1. Open word 2013

    2. "In Open File Window" Select file type PDF.

    3. Find your pdf file and select.

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    OK :)
     
  18. kssbsr

    kssbsr MDL Novice

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    Google Docs may help you
     
  19. elnora.stewart

    elnora.stewart MDL Novice

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    Find PDF converter here: pdfburger.com Just select the file from your computer and select the option where you want to convert