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Utility to convert PDF to other format?

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Mavrick007

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What utility or program besides Adobe Acrobat the developer version is available that will convert a PDF document to another format that can be read by something like Excel or ACL?

I need to be able to do more than copy and paste text from a PDF cause it doesn't keep the format when say I take info from a chart or spreadsheet that was saved in a PDF only. I will be using the data in a spreadsheet or a database application where I will be analysing the data and then making graphs and other charts from the info.
 
Of course, the full version of Acrobat can do a lot, but not really what you ask. I create PDF files all the time for general use and transmission. I know of no utility that will reverse the process. The best way is to go to the document's source/creator and get the file it was created in, such as .DOC, XLS, .WPD, etc.

Part of the PDF structure is to limit down the road use of often copy righted material. It does that very well.
 
Heh That it does help, but doesn't prevent you from using copyrighted info. The thing is that you can use the text select and still copy and paste but now I would get just as much info out of it in about the same time as typing it out. I was told that the full Acrobat version would convert to a different format. I wasn't positive if it would cause of "specific" formatting issues when creating the PDF file in the first place.

We tried scanning it but I ended up with crappy software that would ask you to verify about 100-200 characters minimum per page due to small fonts that weren't very legible, and some characters it simply got wrong in the recognition process so that was just a waste of time.

I'm not a fan of pdf's cause they can sometimes be alot larger than a flat text file but they are more secure if you are creating one for that purpose.
 
One thing possibly worth trying is OmniPage Pro 11. It is an OCR suite that now supports directly processing a PDF file (rather than a scanned image). Since PDF is just a fancy Postscript file, you may also have more options with Ghostscript or other Postcript processing tools.
 
Thanx, I'll look into Omnipage Pro 11 to see if it's of use. Maybe one of the other postscripting tools might help too.
 
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