Looking for a freeware pdf editor

Bad wolf

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01 Feb 09

Bad wolf

Joined: 23 Jul 05
Moves: 8869

01 Feb 09

Looking around the internet I haven't found anything especially appropriate, mostly in terms of what it can actually do, for example, it should be able to change the format, line spacing, copying, addition and deletion of text, etc. I did find something produced by Docudesk that was able to convert documents from pdf into the word document format, but its capabilities were limited until it was purchased.

Any ideas?

Dr Strangelove

Joined: 22 Aug 05
Moves: 26450

01 Feb 09

Have you tried this:

http://www.brothersoft.com/free-pdf-to-word-doc-converter-69733.html

zeeblebot

silicon valley

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01 Feb 09

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PDF_software

Bad wolf

Joined: 23 Jul 05
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01 Feb 09

Originally posted by zeeblebot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PDF_software

Interestingly this was the first thing I tried, as I had said I had not found anything especially appropriate on the internet, and as the way the internet goes these days, wikipedia is the first place you look.

Crowley

Not Aleister

Control room

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01 Feb 09

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Have you tried this:

http://www.brothersoft.com/free-pdf-to-word-doc-converter-69733.html

Converters suck. I've never found one that actually works.

Bad wolf

Joined: 23 Jul 05
Moves: 8869

01 Feb 09

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Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Have you tried this:

http://www.brothersoft.com/free-pdf-to-word-doc-converter-69733.html

Not exactly easy to use, it formats it in word horribly, but I suppose I'll make do until I find something better.

edit: christ, I'm not sure how it managed it, but when converting it, it didn't even convert the file into a4 sized paper on word.

Oh I give up, this things useless.

kmax87

Republicant Retiree

Blade Runner

Joined: 09 Oct 04
Moves: 107130

01 Feb 09

Originally posted by Bad wolf
Looking around the internet I haven't found anything especially appropriate, mostly in terms of what it can actually do, for example, it should be able to change the format, line spacing, copying, addition and deletion of text, etc. I did find something produced by Docudesk that was able to convert documents from pdf into the word document format, but its capabilities were limited until it was purchased.

Any ideas?

Learn to Touch type at >60 wpm.

Bad wolf

Joined: 23 Jul 05
Moves: 8869

01 Feb 09

Originally posted by kmax87
Learn to Touch type at >60 wpm.

That defeats the entire point, there shouldn't be any need to rewrite it all, just so you can rearrange, annotate, and delete certain parts per your discretion.

adam warlock

Baby Gauss

Ceres

Joined: 14 Oct 06
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01 Feb 09

Originally posted by Bad wolf
Looking around the internet I haven't found anything especially appropriate, mostly in terms of what it can actually do, for example, it should be able to change the format, line spacing, copying, addition and deletion of text, etc. I did find something produced by Docudesk that was able to convert documents from pdf into the word document format, but its capabilities were limited until it was purchased.

Any ideas?

http://www.docu-track.com/home/prod_user/PDF-XChange_Tools/pdfx_viewer

Idon't know if this is good enough for what you have in mind, but the free allows you a lot of control on pdf files.