Convert pdf to doc
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Scaleybrat

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783 posts

236 months

Wednesday 27th July 2022
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My stepson has a number of documents that he created and saved as pdf files. I’ve now given him access to our family subscription to 365 and he wants to convert his files to Word.
Can anybody offer an easy, no cost solution to the problem, please?

ZedLeg

12,278 posts

139 months

Wednesday 27th July 2022
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There's a free app you can use with your google drive called cloud convert iirc. I've used it to convert pdfs a few times.

vaud

59,826 posts

186 months

Wednesday 27th July 2022
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Can't he just open the PDF in Word?

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/opening...

Bear in mind that anything that was an image before it was PDFd will remain an image in the new word file.

21TonyK

13,376 posts

240 months

Wednesday 27th July 2022
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As above you can open PDFs and save as Word but it does sometimes do strage things with formatting (ie, uses indents to move text to a centre position rather than just centering them).

Plus fonts may change, line spacing etc but the guts of it will be fine and it saves retyping stuff.

popeyewhite

23,087 posts

151 months

Wednesday 27th July 2022
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Maybe a bit long winded but print the pdf files, scan into word?

12TS

2,259 posts

241 months

Wednesday 27th July 2022
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vaud said:
Can't he just open the PDF in Word?

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/opening...

Bear in mind that anything that was an image before it was PDFd will remain an image in the new word file.
This. Works very well.

Scaleybrat

Original Poster:

783 posts

236 months

Wednesday 27th July 2022
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Thanks for the tips and advice which have been forwarded to my stepson. Hopefully, he is now sorted.