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[xnipx]

My professor posted a study guide online and I want to copy and paste it into microsoft word so that I can edit the answers and definitions to the vocabulary into the file without having to just print it out and write it in the margins but he formatted it into columns next to each other so when I try to copy and paste it in word it gets all jumbled. Can anybody help me?

 

[radios shipping overview]

Do you have, or have access to, Adobe Acrobat (not just Reader)? With that, you can edit the text in a PDF.

 

[draven]

Do you have, or have access to, Adobe Acrobat (not just Reader)? With that, you can edit the text in a PDF.

If you want to edit the actual document, you can do so using the full version of Adobe Acrobat, which costs money (or time ruffling through "progs" listings). That'll allow you to manipulate the text already there, or add comments and save the comments. Even in the free version of adobe acrobat reader, I believe you can mark up the document with comments, but can't save the document I think.

As far as extracting the text from a PDF to a word document, good luck buddy. Even with the full professional version of Acrobat (at the office), I've tried getting multi-column text from a PDF and I couldn't find any damn way of getting the text to come out right.

 

[miyuru]

If you're really desperate, I suppose you could accomplish whatever you mean to w/ Print Screen ^_^

 

[xnipx]

Thanks for the help, I was really hopin I wouldnt have to download Acrobat for this one file but oh well. I dont see what the point of pdf's is besides for scanned documents. If you gonna sit there and type somethin up you might as well type it in word.

 

[WasabiKing]

PDFs serve as great proofs for pieces... Reader can definitely copy/highlight text, but you cannot edit the PDF unless the creator allows it, even with Adobe Acrobat. (with version 6 anyway)

 

[Cooper]

TI dont see what the point of pdf's is besides for scanned documents. If you gonna sit there and type somethin up you might as well type it in word.

PDFs are often smaller than the equivalent Word document. We had a Word document at work that we wanted to email to a few people, but it was 70 MB (40 pages long and lots of pictures). Zipped, it was 40 MB, which is still an email-unfriendly size. But when we converted it to PDF, it was a mere 1.5 MB!

 

[SyNapSe]

PDF's are smaller, but one of the huge draws is that everyone can get the reader.. it's free. So, you create a PDF and you can send it to say all of your field reps. If you send them a word document not everyone has word, it's an expensive program.