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- Is there a cheap (ie free) way ?

I've looked at simple copying & pasting but it looks shite and I'm a bit too lazy to then tidy it up and proof read it all in case anything's got lost (moderately big doc)

Nobody in the building has an acrobat licence

Will I die ?


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 2:59 pm
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cutePDF


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 3:05 pm
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oh...wait a minute, I read that back to front.


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 3:06 pm
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Open office, may require the PDF add on though


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 3:06 pm
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How, Hamish ? 😯
(ah, thought you'd discovered a secret function there)


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 3:07 pm
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by the time you've searched the interweb for a wonder-service you could have done copy>paste>manual reformat & tidy up.
I doubt there is anything that can produce a perfect replica of the PDF file without manual tidying.


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 3:08 pm
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I just saw PDF and Word in the same sentance and pressed 'Send Post'.

Sometimes it's nice to be first.


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 3:08 pm
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by the time you've searched the interweb for a wonder-service
That's STW's job ! 😉


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 3:10 pm
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google drive/docs can do it to some extent using OCR functions. But its not 100% fool proof.


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 3:10 pm
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zamzar.com


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 3:11 pm
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[url] http://www.pdftoword.com/# [/url]

I used this before... it was 'acceptable'


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 3:11 pm
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the whole point of a pdf is that you can't manipulate it.

Copy and paste and tidy is (I'm sure) your only option.


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 3:12 pm
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Send it to me if you want. I have to nip out very soon though. How much of a rush is it? DanJ.Heywood at gmail dot com.

I can convert the pdf to a word .doc file, but won't 'muck around' with it if the formatting goes wonky etc.


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 3:14 pm
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ah, thanks mugsy's - can't really send it as it's not a public doc

will have a go with the various suggestions though

Ta


 
Posted : 28/11/2012 3:16 pm