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Sunny Posted Thu 04 Oct, 2007 7:21 PM |
Anyone know how i can change a document from Adobe to something a little less annoying? I've tried saving it, then sending to Word but it comes out as Japanese, and there doesn't appear to be anything I can do to change it.
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Lemon Grinner Posted Thu 04 Oct, 2007 7:23 PM |
| It might be quicker to learn japanese hahaha. |
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weirdmom Posted Thu 04 Oct, 2007 7:23 PM |
I just converted several pdf documents to word yesterday. Is the text being recognized? Have you run OCR on it? (On my menu do Document --> Run OCR)EDIT: actually it says "Recognize text using OCR"
I did that and then did save as and chose Word. Came out pretty close, a few words were weird.
Hope that helps. |
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Sunny Posted Thu 04 Oct, 2007 7:25 PM |
weirdmominaustin wrote: I just converted several pdf documents to word yesterday. Is the text being recognized? Have you run OCR on it? (On my menu do Document --> Run OCR)
I did that and then did save as and chose Word. Came out pretty close, a few words were weird.
Hope that helps.
I don't seem to have that Document ---> Run OCR thingy.
Thanks anyways :)
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weirdmom Posted Thu 04 Oct, 2007 7:26 PM |
Sunny wrote: weirdmominaustin wrote: I just converted several pdf documents to word yesterday. Is the text being recognized? Have you run OCR on it? (On my menu do Document --> Run OCR)
I did that and then did save as and chose Word. Came out pretty close, a few words were weird.
Hope that helps.
Bummer. I have Adobe Professional at work so that could be why I have that fancy pants tool.
I'd say that's the problem though- it can't recognize the text.
I don't seem to have that Document ---> Run OCR thingy.
Thanks anyways :)
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Frenchygirl Posted Thu 04 Oct, 2007 7:36 PM |
| Maybe Abs could tell you..she's really good at it now! XD |
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Sunny Posted Thu 04 Oct, 2007 7:38 PM |
Frenchygirl wrote: Maybe Abs could tell you..she's really good at it now! XD
Is she? Oooh ... thanks. Where is she when ya need her, eh? ;)
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Frenchygirl Posted Thu 04 Oct, 2007 7:53 PM |
Sunny wrote: Frenchygirl wrote: Maybe Abs could tell you..she's really good at it now! XD
Is she? Oooh ... thanks. Where is she when ya need her, eh? ;)
the "XD means" I was kidding..Sorry! in fact she's still learning.. |
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Sunny Posted Thu 04 Oct, 2007 7:54 PM |
Frenchygirl wrote:
the "XD means" I was kidding..Sorry! in fact she's still learning..
lol, yeah i know. |
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mili Posted Thu 04 Oct, 2007 9:07 PM |
Is it an Acrobat document?
I'm not sure what you can do with the Acrobat reader, but from Pro you can export the text or copy paste it to Word as plain text. If you have Illustrator, that can open almost all Acrobat documents. If the text is not outlined it shouldn't be a problem. |
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AbsolutPurple Posted Thu 04 Oct, 2007 9:07 PM |
Sunny wrote: Frenchygirl wrote:
the "XD means" I was kidding..Sorry! in fact she's still learning..
lol, yeah i know.
and how do you know ??? |
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Sunny Posted Thu 04 Oct, 2007 9:12 PM |
mili wrote: Is it an Acrobat document?
I'm not sure what you can do with the Acrobat reader, but from Pro you can export the text or copy paste it to Word as plain text. If you have Illustrator, that can open almost all Acrobat documents. If the text is not outlined it shouldn't be a problem.
If I have a whatty? I'm a computer dunce, sorry. I've tried copy and pasting but that doesn't work. It's as if there is a restriction on copying the text.
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AbsolutPurple Posted Thu 04 Oct, 2007 9:18 PM |
Sunny wrote: mili wrote: Is it an Acrobat document?
I'm not sure what you can do with the Acrobat reader, but from Pro you can export the text or copy paste it to Word as plain text. If you have Illustrator, that can open almost all Acrobat documents. If the text is not outlined it shouldn't be a problem.
If I have a whatty? I'm a computer dunce, sorry. I've tried copy and pasting but that doesn't work. It's as if there is a restriction on copying the text.
It does happen sometimes.
Have you tried "Edit/selectall/copy/paste" ?
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Sunny Posted Thu 04 Oct, 2007 9:23 PM |
AbsolutPurple wrote:
It does happen sometimes.
Have you tried "Edit/selectall/copy/paste" ?
Yeah, that either crashes my computer or is jumbled up when I transfer it into Word.
Nevermind, I'm gonna figure it out tomorrow when I'm more awake.
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mili Posted Thu 04 Oct, 2007 9:37 PM |
Sunny wrote: mili wrote: Is it an Acrobat document?
I'm not sure what you can do with the Acrobat reader, but from Pro you can export the text or copy paste it to Word as plain text. If you have Illustrator, that can open almost all Acrobat documents. If the text is not outlined it shouldn't be a problem.
If I have a whatty? I'm a computer dunce, sorry. I've tried copy and pasting but that doesn't work. It's as if there is a restriction on copying the text.
If the document is protected or the text outlined it's almost impossible to get text out.
File/Document Properties/Security tells you if it's protected, and if you look at the fonts section, and there's none, then it's most likely outlined text (like a picture).
Illustrator is one of Adobe's applications for um, illustration purposes. |
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