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cld
Basically I write a document, save it as a PDF, and then reopen it and all I want to do is edit it!
Im new and want to know how to edit text froa word document I have saved!
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CyberTaz
As long as you intend to continue editing the file you do not want to save
as a PDF. PDFs are intended for final distribution. Save in Word's native
format until you're done then create a PDF. If you need to make future
revisions edit the Word document then generate a new PDF.
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
as a PDF. PDFs are intended for final distribution. Save in Word's native
format until you're done then create a PDF. If you need to make future
revisions edit the Word document then generate a new PDF.
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
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cld
Ah ok, thanks...so I currently have a document that I saved as a pdf. Any way to revert it back to Word's native format?
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pjonesCET
in Acrobat choose Save as then choose word document.
You may have to rework the formatting.
You may have to rework the formatting.
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Rob Schneider
You will find that difficult to do.
Are you sure you don't have a DOC or DOCX source file?
--rms
www.rmschneider.com
Are you sure you don't have a DOC or DOCX source file?
--rms
www.rmschneider.com
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John_McGhie_[MVP]
No. That's why people use PDF, to prevent editing.
Phillip has suggested a way that gives you an editable result. It's pretty
bad, but it's as close as you will get.
A PDF does not contain enough information to reconstruct the document it was
made from as a Word document, but if you follow Phillip's method, Acrobat
will try to "guess".
Hope this helps
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Phillip has suggested a way that gives you an editable result. It's pretty
bad, but it's as close as you will get.
A PDF does not contain enough information to reconstruct the document it was
made from as a Word document, but if you follow Phillip's method, Acrobat
will try to "guess".
Hope this helps
--
The email below is my business email -- Please do not email me about forum
matters unless I ask you to; or unless you intend to pay!
John McGhie, Microsoft MVP (Word, Mac Word), Consultant Technical Writer,
McGhie Information Engineering Pty Ltd
Sydney, Australia. | Ph: +61 (0)4 1209 1410 | mailto:[email protected]
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CyberTaz
If you initially saved the file as a Word document it should still be
available to reopen & edit rather than trying to open the PDF.
OTOH, If you chose PDF when you first save the file it's a bit tougher as
the others have indicated. Unfortunately, not everyone has Acrobat
but
there are other PDF editors available. You can even use Apple's Preview app.
Using Preview, if there is more than one page first select View> PDF
Display> Continuous, then View> PDF Display> Page Breaks (to clear the
check). Use the Text Tool from the Tool Mode buttons to select all the text,
copy it, then paste into a new blank Word document. [You may want to use
Edit> Paste Special> Unformatted Text.] You'll still need to do a bit of
editing to reconstruct the document. It just depends on how 'fancy' the
original is as to how much work will be involved. You may also be able to
minimize the amount of reworking if you copy/paste portions rather than all
at once.
That will not include any graphic content from the PDF. You'll have to
reinsert/recreate them, although you may be able to copy them from the PDF
using the Select Tool. Copying them may also result in reduced quality for
printing purposes.
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
available to reopen & edit rather than trying to open the PDF.
OTOH, If you chose PDF when you first save the file it's a bit tougher as
the others have indicated. Unfortunately, not everyone has Acrobat
butthere are other PDF editors available. You can even use Apple's Preview app.
Using Preview, if there is more than one page first select View> PDF
Display> Continuous, then View> PDF Display> Page Breaks (to clear the
check). Use the Text Tool from the Tool Mode buttons to select all the text,
copy it, then paste into a new blank Word document. [You may want to use
Edit> Paste Special> Unformatted Text.] You'll still need to do a bit of
editing to reconstruct the document. It just depends on how 'fancy' the
original is as to how much work will be involved. You may also be able to
minimize the amount of reworking if you copy/paste portions rather than all
at once.
That will not include any graphic content from the PDF. You'll have to
reinsert/recreate them, although you may be able to copy them from the PDF
using the Select Tool. Copying them may also result in reduced quality for
printing purposes.
HTH |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
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pjonesCET
If I am going to turn something into PDF I always save as an original Word file That way if I make corrections. I then save as a PDF with s slightly different name. Then open Acrobat go to document menu and choose replace pages, choose the new document contents I want to use. and it replaces content of current pdf with content from the altered PDF.
I have had to make a Word document from a PDF but, it wasn't easy and I had to carefully re-setup formatting and fonts. Sometimes take an hr or two to get right.
I have had to make a Word document from a PDF but, it wasn't easy and I had to carefully re-setup formatting and fonts. Sometimes take an hr or two to get right.
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CyberTaz
Hi Phillip;
Not criticizing in any way, but keep in mind that not everyone has Adobe
Acrobat - especially Mac users. Acrobat Standard isn't available for Mac, so
effectively the 'entry-level' package for Mac is Acrobat Pro which carries a
price tag of US$449... And Adobe software isn't discounted very deeply.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
Not criticizing in any way, but keep in mind that not everyone has Adobe
Acrobat - especially Mac users. Acrobat Standard isn't available for Mac, so
effectively the 'entry-level' package for Mac is Acrobat Pro which carries a
price tag of US$449... And Adobe software isn't discounted very deeply.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
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Rob Schneider
Bob,
I don't think Phillip is assuming everyone has it. He's just saying how
he does it. My experience is similar. Doing things with PDFs with
Adobe's tool just works as we expect. It would be nice if Adobe reduced
the price of their tools but apparently the market tells them they don't
have to.
(I just have one copy of Acrobat, and that copy runs on Windows. I feel
no urge to give Adobe more money just to run the Mac Version).
Without Adobe Acrobat, working with PDFs using Preview or other is going
to just have to be a bit simplistic.
--rms
www.rmschneider.com
I don't think Phillip is assuming everyone has it. He's just saying how
he does it. My experience is similar. Doing things with PDFs with
Adobe's tool just works as we expect. It would be nice if Adobe reduced
the price of their tools but apparently the market tells them they don't
have to.
(I just have one copy of Acrobat, and that copy runs on Windows. I feel
no urge to give Adobe more money just to run the Mac Version).
Without Adobe Acrobat, working with PDFs using Preview or other is going
to just have to be a bit simplistic.
--rms
www.rmschneider.com
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CyberTaz
Couldn't agree with you more...
Just made the note to Phillip because of his first reply in this thread as
well as the fact that he has done the same in response to a number of other
questions pertaining to PDFs. The point simply being that it isn't
particularly helpful to suggest a solution involving expensive resources
which the poster most likely doesn't have at their disposal.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
Just made the note to Phillip because of his first reply in this thread as
well as the fact that he has done the same in response to a number of other
questions pertaining to PDFs. The point simply being that it isn't
particularly helpful to suggest a solution involving expensive resources
which the poster most likely doesn't have at their disposal.
Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac
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cld
thanks so much everyone for all of your suggestions. That actually helped a a ton!
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Phillip Jones, C.E.T.
Ahh but you can get PDFPen Pro $99, Ghostscript (free), then there is
the Cups-PDF Print Driver that makes PDF's through Print menu from a
Group called Code Poetry (also Free) IF you are really ,really cheap
PDFPen comes in a non pro form 30 bucks cheaper.
Now let me explain about the code-poetry Cups-PDF Print Driver.
you download and install it the use Printer Utility of Printer-Fax
Control panel in Preferences to add to list of printers.
I've tried it on documents that had URLs and mailto links that are hot
when setup in Word to be so; are still hot when created as a PDF.
Page Breaks make no difference does not make a new PDF for each page
break. Section Breaks I recreated an obituary to put on my website (a
relative) had a section break, the same PDF. When pdf created was the
section break and Column break were all in the same PDF. No separate
PDF's Finally once and for all proof after 15 years the problem between
Word/Excel and multiple split PDF pieces lies square on the shoulders of
Adobe.
Note I didn't try a section break that also had a shift in page
orientation. I suspect you'll still end up with separate PDF for each
Section with a shift in page orientation. I think you can do forms in
PDFPen.
NO I am not an apologist for Adobe Acrobat. I'll try anything if it works.
I also have OpenOffice and, Bean, and I might have NeoOffice.
the Cups-PDF Print Driver that makes PDF's through Print menu from a
Group called Code Poetry (also Free) IF you are really ,really cheap
PDFPen comes in a non pro form 30 bucks cheaper.
Now let me explain about the code-poetry Cups-PDF Print Driver.
you download and install it the use Printer Utility of Printer-Fax
Control panel in Preferences to add to list of printers.
I've tried it on documents that had URLs and mailto links that are hot
when setup in Word to be so; are still hot when created as a PDF.
Page Breaks make no difference does not make a new PDF for each page
break. Section Breaks I recreated an obituary to put on my website (a
relative) had a section break, the same PDF. When pdf created was the
section break and Column break were all in the same PDF. No separate
PDF's Finally once and for all proof after 15 years the problem between
Word/Excel and multiple split PDF pieces lies square on the shoulders of
Adobe.
Note I didn't try a section break that also had a shift in page
orientation. I suspect you'll still end up with separate PDF for each
Section with a shift in page orientation. I think you can do forms in
PDFPen.
NO I am not an apologist for Adobe Acrobat. I'll try anything if it works.
I also have OpenOffice and, Bean, and I might have NeoOffice.
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Phillip Jones, C.E.T.
I just posted an alternative post highlighting GhostScript, PDFPen Pro,
Cups-PDF, OpenOffice, NeoOffice. ;-p
Cups-PDF, OpenOffice, NeoOffice. ;-p