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conversion

2007-06-07 05:50:45

pdnalley

Registered: Jun 7 2007

Posts: 4

can i convert a pdf into a Microsoft Publisher doc?
How about a Word Doc.

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 7.0.9, Windows

2007-06-10 16:05:56

tedpadova

Registered: Dec 31 2005

Posts: 848

Publisher was supported with the PDFMaker in Acrobat 7. Use the PDFMaker to create a PDF from Publisher. If using an earlier version of Acrobat/Publisher where the PDFMaker is not supported, print the file to PostScript and distill the file using Acrobat Distiller.

Same goes for MS Word.

ted

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.

2007-06-14 05:29:29

dottie_k

Registered: Jun 7 2007

Posts: 4

I read the question as asking the reverse of your answer, Ted. He has the pdf, and wants the original document. I get asked this a lot in my company. My answer is: Maybe. In my (albeit limited) experience,successful re-conversion depends totally on where the pdf originated.
FILE, SAVE AS, WORD DOC ( in the drop down file type menu) works great IF the original was a word doc without extensive formatting. Sometimes it even works perfectly!

2007-07-25 10:26:23

pdnalley

Registered: Jun 7 2007

Posts: 4

That is what I meant, dottie. Thanks. I tried it on Publisher and got something better than nothing to work with. Again, thanks

2007-07-25 15:13:31

tedpadova

Registered: Dec 31 2005

Posts: 848

ooops. Sorry. You can export the PDF file in a number of formats such as a Word .doc file, RTF file, etc. Unfirtunately, you can't export the layout as you see it in Publisher.

The author of numerous books on Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and the Adobe Creative Suite, and an international speaker on Adobe Acrobat, Ted Padova is a well-known PDF guru.