From PDF to Word

By Ashley Schroeder, OU Editor
PDFs are great for ensuring that the formatting of a document doesn’t change when sharing it with others. But what about when you need to copy text from that PDF? You can select text in a PDF, but that selection doesn’t always translate well when copied into Word or another word processing program. And retyping text can be quite a burden when you need to duplicate a page or more of text.
Mac users: Read “How to convert PDFs to Word (and other formats)” by Kirk McElhearn.
PC users: Check out “How to convert PDF files to Word format.” ♦

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