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In response to "is there a place online to convert pdf to word files that st recommends if it is even possible? -- nm" by tRuMaN

If the PDF is text, it might not be terribly hard but if each page is an image, you're talking OCR -- nm

Posted by oblique, better than nubby (aka kkuphal) Feb 16 '09, 07:25

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so, probably not? - tRuMaN Feb 16, 07:27 3
- Yeah, part of the whole point of PDF is to make it non-editable so there isn't a really good way to do that - oblique, better than nubby Feb 16, 07:31 2
  - sigh. there goes a weekend. -- nm - tRuMaN Feb 16, 07:33 1
    - You could drop $50-$100 on a PDF editor like Foxit or Nitro if it's worth your time to just edit it in the PDF. - Subversive - daddy x 2 Feb 16, 07:45

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