If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above. You may have to register before you can post: click the register link above to proceed. To start viewing messages, select the forum that you want to visit from the selection below. |
|
|
|
Thread Tools | Display Modes |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
What's the best free pdf to text or rtf converter?
Can't convert with free version of Foxit Reader, works well to read
the new format pdf's, but does not convert to text free-pdf-to-word-converter.exe 588KB Free PDF to RTF Converter 1.5 seems to reorganize the simplest of pdf's For example a numbered list of text ends up with all the numbers AFTER each entry! I think I tried pdf2Wordsetup.exe 1,103KB and it was worse So, what free pdf to text, or to doc or to rtf works the best on Win98FE? Robert |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
What's the best free pdf to text or rtf converter?
Robert A. Macy wrote:
Can't convert with free version of Foxit Reader, works well to read the new format pdf's, but does not convert to text free-pdf-to-word-converter.exe 588KB Free PDF to RTF Converter 1.5 seems to reorganize the simplest of pdf's For example a numbered list of text ends up with all the numbers AFTER each entry! I think I tried pdf2Wordsetup.exe 1,103KB and it was worse So, what free pdf to text, or to doc or to rtf works the best on Win98FE? Robert Hm,, waited to see if anyone could help,, here's what I found when I looked [for several years]. Regretfully, I never found any one program, script or other, which could convert all PDFs nor to my satisfaction. If running a web server, there are a few which might do a functional convert, though that seems to take some extra scripting and basic server installations to work at all, much less, well. The stumbling blocks may be the myriad of formats and inclusions which might be involved, as well as any protections that may have been applied. Hopefully someone else has other to offer as I still have a few dozen government PDFs to convert. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
What's the best free pdf to text or rtf converter?
Robert A. Macy wrote:
Can't convert with free version of Foxit Reader, works well to read the new format pdf's, but does not convert to text free-pdf-to-word-converter.exe 588KB Free PDF to RTF Converter 1.5 seems to reorganize the simplest of pdf's For example a numbered list of text ends up with all the numbers AFTER each entry! I think I tried pdf2Wordsetup.exe 1,103KB and it was worse So, what free pdf to text, or to doc or to rtf works the best on Win98FE? Robert Hm,, waited to see if anyone could help,, here's what I found when I looked [for several years]. Regretfully, I never found any one program, script or other, which could convert all PDFs nor to my satisfaction. If running a web server, there are a few which might do a functional convert, though that seems to take some extra scripting and basic server installations to work at all, much less, well. The stumbling blocks may be the myriad of formats and inclusions which might be involved, as well as any protections that may have been applied. Hopefully someone else has other to offer as I still have a few dozen government PDFs to convert. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
What's the best free pdf to text or rtf converter?
On Nov 11, 4:06*pm, MEB wrote:
Robert A. Macy wrote: Can't convert with free version of Foxit Reader, works well to read the new format pdf's, but does not convert to text free-pdf-to-word-converter.exe *588KB Free PDF to RTF Converter 1.5 seems to reorganize the simplest of pdf's *For example a numbered list of text ends up with all the numbers AFTER each entry! I think I tried * pdf2Wordsetup.exe *1,103KB and it was worse So, what free pdf to text, or to doc or to rtf works the best on Win98FE? Robert *Hm,, waited to see if anyone could help,, here's what I found when I looked [for several years]. *Regretfully, I never found any one program, script or other, which could convert all PDFs nor to my satisfaction. If running a web server, there are a few which might do a functional convert, though that seems to take some extra scripting and basic server installations to work at all, much less, well. The stumbling blocks may be the myriad of formats and inclusions which might be involved, as well as any protections that may have been applied. *Hopefully someone else has other to offer as I still have a few dozen government PDFs to convert. -- MEBhttp://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networkinghttp://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- I found the free Foxit reader saves the pdf, as a pdf, in a 'compatible' format for pdf2word converter, ...sometimes |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
What's the best free pdf to text or rtf converter?
On Nov 11, 4:06*pm, MEB wrote:
Robert A. Macy wrote: Can't convert with free version of Foxit Reader, works well to read the new format pdf's, but does not convert to text free-pdf-to-word-converter.exe *588KB Free PDF to RTF Converter 1.5 seems to reorganize the simplest of pdf's *For example a numbered list of text ends up with all the numbers AFTER each entry! I think I tried * pdf2Wordsetup.exe *1,103KB and it was worse So, what free pdf to text, or to doc or to rtf works the best on Win98FE? Robert *Hm,, waited to see if anyone could help,, here's what I found when I looked [for several years]. *Regretfully, I never found any one program, script or other, which could convert all PDFs nor to my satisfaction. If running a web server, there are a few which might do a functional convert, though that seems to take some extra scripting and basic server installations to work at all, much less, well. The stumbling blocks may be the myriad of formats and inclusions which might be involved, as well as any protections that may have been applied. *Hopefully someone else has other to offer as I still have a few dozen government PDFs to convert. -- MEBhttp://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networkinghttp://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- I found the free Foxit reader saves the pdf, as a pdf, in a 'compatible' format for pdf2word converter, ...sometimes |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
What's the best free pdf to text or rtf converter?
Robert A. Macy wrote:
On Nov 11, 4:06 pm, MEB wrote: Robert A. Macy wrote: Can't convert with free version of Foxit Reader, works well to read the new format pdf's, but does not convert to text free-pdf-to-word-converter.exe 588KB Free PDF to RTF Converter 1.5 seems to reorganize the simplest of pdf's For example a numbered list of text ends up with all the numbers AFTER each entry! I think I tried pdf2Wordsetup.exe 1,103KB and it was worse So, what free pdf to text, or to doc or to rtf works the best on Win98FE? Robert Hm,, waited to see if anyone could help,, here's what I found when I looked [for several years]. Regretfully, I never found any one program, script or other, which could convert all PDFs nor to my satisfaction. If running a web server, there are a few which might do a functional convert, though that seems to take some extra scripting and basic server installations to work at all, much less, well. The stumbling blocks may be the myriad of formats and inclusions which might be involved, as well as any protections that may have been applied. Hopefully someone else has other to offer as I still have a few dozen government PDFs to convert. -- MEB I found the free Foxit reader saves the pdf, as a pdf, in a 'compatible' format for pdf2word converter, ...sometimes Yeah, I can relate. The key aspect being "sometimes". I got so frustrated, I cut and pasted from PDF to Word for some of the US Code on the site, and even then it took manual formatting... so I still have several hundred megs of docs NOT converted to publishable html and several hundred more as un-modified PDFs. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
What's the best free pdf to text or rtf converter?
Robert A. Macy wrote:
On Nov 11, 4:06 pm, MEB wrote: Robert A. Macy wrote: Can't convert with free version of Foxit Reader, works well to read the new format pdf's, but does not convert to text free-pdf-to-word-converter.exe 588KB Free PDF to RTF Converter 1.5 seems to reorganize the simplest of pdf's For example a numbered list of text ends up with all the numbers AFTER each entry! I think I tried pdf2Wordsetup.exe 1,103KB and it was worse So, what free pdf to text, or to doc or to rtf works the best on Win98FE? Robert Hm,, waited to see if anyone could help,, here's what I found when I looked [for several years]. Regretfully, I never found any one program, script or other, which could convert all PDFs nor to my satisfaction. If running a web server, there are a few which might do a functional convert, though that seems to take some extra scripting and basic server installations to work at all, much less, well. The stumbling blocks may be the myriad of formats and inclusions which might be involved, as well as any protections that may have been applied. Hopefully someone else has other to offer as I still have a few dozen government PDFs to convert. -- MEB I found the free Foxit reader saves the pdf, as a pdf, in a 'compatible' format for pdf2word converter, ...sometimes Yeah, I can relate. The key aspect being "sometimes". I got so frustrated, I cut and pasted from PDF to Word for some of the US Code on the site, and even then it took manual formatting... so I still have several hundred megs of docs NOT converted to publishable html and several hundred more as un-modified PDFs. -- MEB http://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networking http://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
What's the best free pdf to text or rtf converter?
On Nov 11, 4:44*pm, MEB wrote:
Robert A. Macy wrote: On Nov 11, 4:06 pm, MEB wrote: Robert A. Macy wrote: Can't convert with free version of Foxit Reader, works well to read the new format pdf's, but does not convert to text free-pdf-to-word-converter.exe *588KB Free PDF to RTF Converter 1.5 seems to reorganize the simplest of pdf's *For example a numbered list of text ends up with all the numbers AFTER each entry! I think I tried * pdf2Wordsetup.exe *1,103KB and it was worse So, what free pdf to text, or to doc or to rtf works the best on Win98FE? Robert *Hm,, waited to see if anyone could help,, here's what I found when I looked [for several years]. *Regretfully, I never found any one program, script or other, which could convert all PDFs nor to my satisfaction. If running a web server, there are a few which might do a functional convert, though that seems to take some extra scripting and basic server installations to work at all, much less, well. The stumbling blocks may be the myriad of formats and inclusions which might be involved, as well as any protections that may have been applied. *Hopefully someone else has other to offer as I still have a few dozen government PDFs to convert. -- MEB I found the free Foxit reader saves the pdf, as a pdf, in a 'compatible' format for pdf2word converter, ...sometimes *Yeah, I can relate. The key aspect being "sometimes". I got so frustrated, I cut and pasted from PDF to Word for some of the US Code on the site, and even then it took manual formatting... so I still have several hundred megs of docs NOT converted to publishable html and several hundred more as un-modified PDFs. -- MEBhttp://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networkinghttp://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- Doesn't Adobe 8, which runs on the WinXP, have the ability to scoop, copy, and paste into a Word .doc? As I recall, the weird equations don't transfer but most of the text does. I just hate using the WinXP so much that I limp along and make do. I have actually, Print Screen and pasted onto Paint .bmp for some things. Robert |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
What's the best free pdf to text or rtf converter?
On Nov 11, 4:44*pm, MEB wrote:
Robert A. Macy wrote: On Nov 11, 4:06 pm, MEB wrote: Robert A. Macy wrote: Can't convert with free version of Foxit Reader, works well to read the new format pdf's, but does not convert to text free-pdf-to-word-converter.exe *588KB Free PDF to RTF Converter 1.5 seems to reorganize the simplest of pdf's *For example a numbered list of text ends up with all the numbers AFTER each entry! I think I tried * pdf2Wordsetup.exe *1,103KB and it was worse So, what free pdf to text, or to doc or to rtf works the best on Win98FE? Robert *Hm,, waited to see if anyone could help,, here's what I found when I looked [for several years]. *Regretfully, I never found any one program, script or other, which could convert all PDFs nor to my satisfaction. If running a web server, there are a few which might do a functional convert, though that seems to take some extra scripting and basic server installations to work at all, much less, well. The stumbling blocks may be the myriad of formats and inclusions which might be involved, as well as any protections that may have been applied. *Hopefully someone else has other to offer as I still have a few dozen government PDFs to convert. -- MEB I found the free Foxit reader saves the pdf, as a pdf, in a 'compatible' format for pdf2word converter, ...sometimes *Yeah, I can relate. The key aspect being "sometimes". I got so frustrated, I cut and pasted from PDF to Word for some of the US Code on the site, and even then it took manual formatting... so I still have several hundred megs of docs NOT converted to publishable html and several hundred more as un-modified PDFs. -- MEBhttp://peoplescounsel.org/ref/windows-main.htm Windows Info, Diagnostics, Security, Networkinghttp://peoplescounsel.org The "real world" of Law, Justice, and Government ___--- Doesn't Adobe 8, which runs on the WinXP, have the ability to scoop, copy, and paste into a Word .doc? As I recall, the weird equations don't transfer but most of the text does. I just hate using the WinXP so much that I limp along and make do. I have actually, Print Screen and pasted onto Paint .bmp for some things. Robert |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
What's the best free pdf to text or rtf converter?
"Robert A. Macy" wrote in
ups.com: So, what free pdf to text, or to doc or to rtf works the best on Win98FE? Robert I have had nothing but trouble doing this. Recently I have ran into several times a problem with converted documents having spaces between letters in words and multiple spaces between words. Everything I tried gave the same result. I think, but do not know for sure, that the problem arises from documents that were originally prepared with right adjusted margins and the spaces reflect the word processor evenly arranging the letters across the line. I purchased PDF converter from http://www.galcott.com/pd.htm and reported the bug. The program specs included Win 98. First the developer claimed no bug. Then it admitted the bug and sent me a fix. The fix didn't work, and then it claimed that bug could not be fixed in Win 98. Needless to say, I would no recommend either the program or the source. |
|
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Thread Starter | Forum | Replies | Last Post |
YouTube FLV Converter | Brad | General | 2 | December 30th 07 03:36 AM |
FLV to MPG or WMV converter | Brad | General | 3 | June 4th 07 11:03 AM |
Speech to text software -- Free? | FACE | Improving Performance | 2 | November 26th 04 10:25 PM |
Text converter conflict | den | General | 4 | August 18th 04 05:53 PM |
JPEG Converter | [email protected] | Software & Applications | 2 | June 14th 04 11:11 AM |