PDF "save as" Word doc
I'm using Acrobat 8 Pro.
I need to get text out of a couple of PDFs (the text will ultimately go into an InDesign document, but at this point I'm just trying to get any kind of usable text file out of the PDF).
I've tried several "save as" options, and I either get a text file (.doc, .rtf, or .txt) with a hard return at the end of every line, or a text file with each paragraph in a separate text box.
Is there any way to get a usable text file out of a PDF? Maybe a plug-in? It would be nice to preserve italics, bolds, etc., but at this point I'd settle for a file that wouldn't require manually deleting all the extra hard returns or getting text out of dozens of text boxes.
TIA,
Marlene
I seem to get hard returns in all cases. That is why I had the short answer. I do not remember if saving as a DOC got rid of the hard returns. Of course the simplest way to find out is to try it. I went to another machine and the Save As to a DOC file did not put in the hard returns (cut and paste did). I should note that the PDF was produced from a totally different word processor and was not a WORD native document. That would suggest it is not dependent on the tags that can be included by WORD and PDF Maker.
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