[Web4lib] Re: Pdf to MSWord conversion software

[Matthew Schmitz]

Has anyone tried Zamzar?  I've been using it for months (converting all kinds
of files -- .pdf to .doc, .doc to .pdf, etc.) and have never had problems with
loss of formatting.

Best of all, it's free.

http://zamzar.com/

Matt

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Matthew Schmitz
Reference and Instruction Specialist
Lovejoy Library
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
http://www.siue.edu/lovejoylibrary
(618) 650-5529
maschmi at siue.edu

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Quoting "Erin Kinney" <EKINNE at state.wy.us>

> Subject: Re: [Web4lib] Pdf to MSWord conversion software
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> A product related to Abbyy FineReader is Abbyy PDF Transformer, which
> converts PDFs to Word, Excel, HTML, RTF, TXT, and searchable PDF.  I've only
> used a few times, but it has certainly saved our bacon on occasion.
>
> Erin
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> >>> "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!
>
>
> Ina Smith
> Digital Research Repository (UPSpace) Manager & eApplication
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