[Web4lib] Pdf to MSWord conversion software

[Ryan Eby]

I'm not too familiar with the OpenOffice conversion abilities but you
may be able to use it to go from PDF to Word. I know you can go from
Word to PDF. There was a lightning talk at Code4Lib about using the OO
API in DSpace to automatically convert Word and other submissions to
PDF. You can see an example on this page:

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/11

Video of the talk is here:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3356749838875214921&hl=en

Not sure if it is useful for your DSpace work or not.

Ryan Eby

On 4/12/07, Erin Kinney <EKINNE at state.wy.us> wrote:
> >>> "Ina Smith" <Ina.Smith at up.ac.za> 4/11/2007 3:43 AM >>>
> Good day
>
> We are in the process of archiving our scholarly publications in our
> digital research repository, also known as UPSpace
> (https://www.up.ac.za/dspace/). Since most publishers require that
> the publisher pdf version needs to be converted back to MSWord and some
> formatting by the publisher removed, we are in need of a high quality
> tool to convert pdf documents back to MSWord.
>
> There are lots available, but I was wondering whether somebody out
> there has already conducted an evaluation, and can recommend software
> for this conversion, with minimal loss of formatting of the original
> document (e.g. tables, graphics, charts)
>
> Many thanks in advance!
>