[Web4lib] Re: Pdf to MSWord conversion software

[Nancy Sosna Bohm]

I just tried Zamzar on a PDF to doc.
The text came out like this:
_,0__-ffi_fi1________2_ ____ 3-fi_ffi 0fi_4_fi__56_ 
721,_fi,_-,fi46__8_,-ff._9-fi _

On their blog they say they are now offering conversions of the we're proud 
to announce support for online conversion of the Microsoft Office 2007 DOCX 
format.

Nancy E. Sosna Bohm
Associate Reference Librarian
Lake Forest College



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> 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.
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> Best of all, it's free.
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> http://zamzar.com/
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> Matt
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> Matthew Schmitz
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> Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
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