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#1 (permalink)   02-23-2010 Marsh Willis Contributing Member   Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 92 PDF Converter Question Can someone tell me where to get a free or low cost program that will convert at PDF to a Word document that I can then edit? I've seen programs that allow me to convert the PDF to a Word document but then I can't edit the document. Thanks for all your help. __________________ Marsha Willis Alternate Office Solution

#2 (permalink)   02-23-2010 Wordpro Wizard Active Member Company name: The Wordpro Wizard   Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 627 Re: PDF Converter Question I've always used Zamzar in the past. Just go to their site, plug in your document and what you'd like it converted to. The converted document comes back to you by email. Make sure you check your junk email folder as sometimes it ends up in there. A search reveals a number of free convertors that can be downloaded but I'm afraid I've not tried any of them, being a bit leery as a lot of free stuff comes loaded with bugs and spyware. Lynne __________________ The Wordpro Wizard www.wordprowizard.com

#3 (permalink)   02-23-2010 Office Goddess Senior Member Company name: The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC   Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 2,966 Re: PDF Converter Question Try PDF-to-Word or PDFOnline. Both options are free; one is a download and one is an on-line conversion. And to protect against spyware, etc. I would start by downloading AVAST! free anti-virus. __________________ Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

#4 (permalink)   02-23-2010 vainparadise Resident Member Company name: A Virtual Assistant in Paradise My latest Twitter: How to Get More Freelancing Visibility http://t.co...   Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Florida Posts: 1,854 Blog Entries: 1 Re: PDF Converter Question I just checked out NuancePDF.com yesterday looks pretty cool. Here is an article about it as well - Free PDF Reader Doubles as PDF-to-Word Converter __________________ Dawn Riley A Virtual Assistant in Paradise Our business is about making yours better

#5 (permalink)   02-24-2010 Office Goddess Senior Member Company name: The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC   Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 2,966 Re: PDF Converter Question Originally Posted by vainparadise I just checked out NuancePDF.com yesterday looks pretty cool. Here is an article about it as well - Free PDF Reader Doubles as PDF-to-Word Converter Talk about timing! I received the free download of NuancePDF about an hour after responding to this post! I will be checking into it myself and agree with VAInParadise that it looks like the ticket! I have been using Nuance's Dragon Naturally Speaking for years and am really pleased with their product so have a lot of faith in this newest software being worth while. __________________ Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

#6 (permalink)   02-24-2010 Marsh Willis Contributing Member   Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 92 Re: PDF Converter Question Thanks everyone for your help. Goddess, will you please let me know if you can make changes toe Word document once it's been converted from a PDF? That is the problem I'm having. Everything else I've tried will not allow me to make changes to the converted document. Thanks __________________ Marsha Willis Alternate Office Solution

#7 (permalink)   02-24-2010 Office Goddess Senior Member Company name: The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC   Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 2,966 Re: PDF Converter Question Worked like a charm! The document was encrypted and sent online to nuance by the PDF program where it was converted and emailed back to my email address in the format I requested (word 2007) in under a minute. Once received, I quickly did a select-all and formatted the doc to the font I wanted, deleted some text, added some text, and re-saved it as a Word doc. I am really impressed! __________________ Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"

#8 (permalink)   02-24-2010 tmallen68 New Member   Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nationwide Posts: 25 Re: PDF Converter Question Cute Pdf is a free download. www.cutepdf.com/products/cutepdf/Writer.asp

#9 (permalink)   02-26-2010 Marsh Willis Contributing Member   Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 92 Re: PDF Converter Question Goddess you are wonderful. Thanks to everyone for their help. My client is willing to pay me to retype everything but I think he will be impressed with the cost savings I can present him by having a better way to do it. I appreciate this forum more than I could possibly tell you all. __________________ Marsha Willis Alternate Office Solution

#10 (permalink)   02-26-2010 Office Goddess Senior Member Company name: The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC   Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 2,966 Re: PDF Converter Question Originally Posted by Marsh Willis I appreciate this forum more than I could possibly tell you all. That's what we are here for! The support has been invaluable to all of us and I know I learn new 'tips and tricks' constantly on VAF! __________________ Lily Chambers, The Virtual Office Goddess, LLC Author "How to Do Your Own Small Business Bookkeeping"