Yes, the article skipped a step on where to find upload. I just did. Lucky you. However, the conversion was not that great—images were missing, and alignment was not preserved, and tables were simply text. Preview on mac did a better job with the conversion, though still not great. I had a different problem, when the PDF file contains only a jpg image of a text.
So I had to look for an OCR to text on line. Print the PDF file. Scan the prints as a Document and save it as text. Open with a free text editor, such as TextEdit or Wordpad and you are all done.
You need to export your Pages documents to Word, Pdf or other format Windows users can read. Not sure if this will work with. Normally use Open Office and save as. It turns out that neither Preview or Pages recognize.
May have to open and resave many files. While neither Preview nor Pages will open. Thanks for the tip. This one is very helpful. I have an occasional need maybe a dozen times a year to make this conversion.
I did not know about the Google docs or the Automator options. Name required. Mail will not be published required. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction without explicit permission is prohibited. Enjoy this tip? Subscribe to our newsletter! Thank you! You have successfully joined our subscriber list. Guy Lazarus says:. September 25, at am. November 7, at am. The backend program is executed on the cloud when converting PDF to Word or utilizing one of the other services, and it's essentially free unless you want to leverage advanced features such as OCR.
Google Docs is one of the most commonly used online word processors in the world. The conversion from PDF to Word is quite accurate in terms of preserving the layout of the original; however, that's not the case with complex documents with various types of content. One big advantage is that it is free with your Google account and can be upgraded to a higher capacity once you hit the 15GB free cap, which is quite generous for personal use.
It allows bulk conversion and supports several languages. You can choose your output as. That makes its name a little misleading if you don't read the fine print. The major plus point is that the conversion engine used for the online converter is the same one used in Nitro Pro. The advantage is that you can now edit the text in the output file without the need for a PDF editor, which can often be expensive.
PDF documents are a standard for document transfer, but these types of documents are not easily editable. Editing a PDF document requires specialized software or converting the document to a format that is easier to edit, such as Word.
If you are an experienced Mac user, you are probably familiar with the "Automator" application. This application, in a nutshell, allows you to create other applications. For example, with Automator, you can create an application that extracts the text from a PDF to a text document and later generate a document in Word with it. Open the application you just created and select your PDF document. This will create a text file. Open it and copy all the content so you can create a document in Word or Google Docs with it.
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