Putting a page of a PDF file into a word doc (NOT screenshottingit)
 

I need to put a page of a PDF into a word 2003 docco.

I have tried a couple of tools to convert the PDF into a word document, but all
I get is a mischmash of varios drawing items scattered around in a way that I am
not able to resize etc.

Ideally I want to just copy the page from the PDF as a vector object and paste
into word as something I can float with text around it.

Any ideas?

Re: Putting a page of a PDF file into a word doc (NOT screenshottingit)
 

Richard said the following on 29/04/2005 11:23 p.m.:
> I need to put a page of a PDF into a word 2003 docco.
>
> I have tried a couple of tools to convert the PDF into a word document,
> but all I get is a mischmash of varios drawing items scattered around in
> a way that I am not able to resize etc.
>
> Ideally I want to just copy the page from the PDF as a vector object and
> paste into word as something I can float with text around it.
>
> Any ideas?
While possibly not much help to you what I do is read the
PDF into Photoshop and then output it to JPG. It creates a
non editable image but it goes into word nicely.

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Re: Putting a page of a PDF file into a word doc (NOT screenshottingit)
 

Collector»NZ wrote:
> Richard said the following on 29/04/2005 11:23 p.m.:
>
>> I need to put a page of a PDF into a word 2003 docco.
>>
>> I have tried a couple of tools to convert the PDF into a word
>> document, but all I get is a mischmash of varios drawing items
>> scattered around in a way that I am not able to resize etc.
>>
>> Ideally I want to just copy the page from the PDF as a vector object
>> and paste into word as something I can float with text around it.
>>
>> Any ideas?
>
> While possibly not much help to you what I do is read the PDF into
> Photoshop and then output it to JPG. It creates a non editable image but
> it goes into word nicely.
>
If you dont have photoshop, ghostscript will convert pdf to postscript which may
be more useful.

Re: Putting a page of a PDF file into a word doc (NOT screenshottingit)
 

Richard wrote:
> I need to put a page of a PDF into a word 2003 docco.
>
> I have tried a couple of tools to convert the PDF into a word document,
> but all I get is a mischmash of varios drawing items scattered around in
> a way that I am not able to resize etc.
>
> Ideally I want to just copy the page from the PDF as a vector object and
> paste into word as something I can float with text around it.
>
> Any ideas?
pdf2ps which is part of the Ghostscript suite will convert PDF to postscript and
from there you can get it into a CAD package or into Graphicsmagick

Re: Putting a page of a PDF file into a word doc (NOT screenshottingit)
 

Roger_Nickel wrote:
> Richard wrote:
>
>> I need to put a page of a PDF into a word 2003 docco.
>>
>> I have tried a couple of tools to convert the PDF into a word
>> document, but all I get is a mischmash of varios drawing items
>> scattered around in a way that I am not able to resize etc.
>>
>> Ideally I want to just copy the page from the PDF as a vector object
>> and paste into word as something I can float with text around it.
>>
http://www.pdftoall.com/

Rob

Re: Putting a page of a PDF file into a word doc (NOT screenshottingit)
 

Collector»NZ wrote:

> While possibly not much help to you what I do is read the PDF into
> Photoshop and then output it to JPG. It creates a non editable image but
> it goes into word nicely.

Unfortunatly thats going to be as bad as the screenshot method - perhaps a
little better as I will be able to do it at higher res.

It seems the gradieants all print out of whack when doing it as an image in word.

Re: Putting a page of a PDF file into a word doc (NOT screenshotting it)
 

On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:23:41 +1200, Richard wrote:

> I need to put a page of a PDF into a word 2003 docco.

FFS, the P in PDf does not mean this.

Every heard of cows? as Goldestien has often asked on the TV air waves.

STF, a PDF is a stand alone document which one may attach to ones own
document if the desire should so arrive.

Appendix (Warning FLW)

FFS stands for For ****s Sake
STF stands for **** The ****
PDF Portable document file
FLW Four letter word(s)

Re: Putting a page of a PDF file into a word doc (NOT screenshottingit)
 

Gordon wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:23:41 +1200, Richard wrote:
>
>
>>I need to put a page of a PDF into a word 2003 docco.
>
>
> FFS, the P in PDf does not mean this.
>
> Every heard of cows? as Goldestien has often asked on the TV air waves.
>
> STF, a PDF is a stand alone document which one may attach to ones own
> document if the desire should so arrive.
>
> Appendix (Warning FLW)
>
> FFS stands for For ****s Sake
> STF stands for **** The ****
> PDF Portable document file
> FLW Four letter word(s)

I would have to ask that you try again in english this time.

Re: Putting a page of a PDF file into a word doc (NOT screenshotting it)
 

"Richard" <rich@ihug.co.nz> wrote in message
news:42721936$1@news.orcon.net.nz...
>I need to put a page of a PDF into a word 2003 docco.
>
> I have tried a couple of tools to convert the PDF into a word
> document, but all I get is a mischmash of varios drawing items
> scattered around in a way that I am not able to resize etc.
>
> Ideally I want to just copy the page from the PDF as a vector object
> and paste into word as something I can float with text around it.
>
> Any ideas?

The full version of Acrobat handles this kind of thing expertly, as
you'd expect -- extracting a page and saving it to practically any
format you want (editable text or image). So if it's a one-off project
you're working on, and it's improtant, you might want to consider
taking it to a printer/copy shop that has Acrobat (or Omnipage Pro,
versions 12-14) -- should be pretty common -- and pay the $10 or so to
get it done right.

Re: Putting a page of a PDF file into a word doc (NOT screenshottingit)
 

Impossible wrote:

> The full version of Acrobat handles this kind of thing expertly, as
> you'd expect -- extracting a page and saving it to practically any
> format you want (editable text or image). So if it's a one-off project
> you're working on, and it's improtant, you might want to consider
> taking it to a printer/copy shop that has Acrobat (or Omnipage Pro,
> versions 12-14) -- should be pretty common -- and pay the $10 or so to
> get it done right.

A friend has acrobat 7 pro, I have tried the following.

I can export a page from the pdf to a single page pdf, and then copy and paste
special that as an acrobat object, and doubleclicking on the pasted item opens
acrobat so I can edit the page, but both onscreen and when printing it, its a
bitmap so all the small fonts are illedgable.

Doing it thru the pdf2word things, its readable but the layout is trashed.