Re: Does anyone use Easy-to-use pdf to word?

["Robert L Bass" <robertbass1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>>> I just cut & paste text directly from
>>>> PDF's to HTML.  No special
>>>> software is required.
>>>
>>> Really? Have you tried to cut & paste
>>> images and other pdf elements?
>>
>> Yes, no problems.
>
> I assume that you have done this minimally.
> It works OK for individual pictures...

Most of the time that's all I need.  However,
there's also a function which allows you to
extract all images from a PDF document in
a single pass.  I've used that once or twice
but I generally don't need it.

> ... or single blocks of text but when you
> have columns or tables, the pasted text
> tends to be broken into little bits that are
> grossly out of order.  Text in columns
> likes to come in as: line from column 1,
> line from column 2, line from column 3,
> repeating until the text is complete.

That depends on how and when the PDF
was created.  Some coumnar text, especially
that created using the latest few versions of
Adobe's PDF writer comes out perfectly.
Older files are just as you say -- a royal pain.

I have thousands of HTML product pages
which I've created using extracted text and
images from PDF docs.  Unfortunately,
many manufacturers use these documents
exclusively instead of HTML for their product
descriptions.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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