Get iWork with Pages. Pages will open Word files with most content intact. Including drawings and pictures. Regards Neville
>Hi Skid and others- >I copy and paste pdf files into most any of my apps. >The original problem I introduced was how can I insert or copy and >paste a Word file with both text and line drawings into a Classic App. >such as ClarisWorks or AppleWorks, WordPerfect. None of the Classic >Apps will allow me to Open a Word file, complete with formatting and >graphics. And a straight Copy and Paste does not always retain the >proper positioning of Graphics. >Then that got us into discussing those Classic Apps., pdf files etc. >Someone said they could Open an RTF file in AppleWorks but I have not >been able to do this. > >regards, >doug > > >On Dec 20, 2006, at 12:05 PM, S. Kennedy wrote: > >> This has been a very confusing thread, especially since I cannot >> locate a message with subject of "Turn PDF into Word and more" that >> is not a reply. Therefore I am not sure what the original poster was >> seeking to do. Udo Huth is correct in saying that the question has not >> been fully answered. I know that there are commercial programs that >> convert PDF files into formated text but I cannot comment on those. >> >> This will not work for all PDF documents but what I do when I want to >> save editable text from a PDF is to select and copy the text and >> paste into a text application. I know that this works on PDF files >> created by Word on a PC since I receive such files and have copied >> text from them for saving in a text file. The formatting is not >> preserved but for most cases I can do some simple formatting to get >> the gist of the presentation. >> >> Whenever possible I open all PDF files in Preview as Acrobat reader is >> horribly slow on my system. I now create PDFs from the Print dialog >> but I used to use PrintToPDF in OS 9 and of course then read PDFs with >> Acrobat Reader. I believe the copy and paste worked the same back in >> OS 9 days. >> >> Skid Kennedy >> >> >> >> On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 16:30:28 +0100, Udo Huth wrote: >>>> Ok so no one has answered this really. >>>> Print to pdf works the opposite of what is saught. >>>> What we are looking for here is pdf to word or pdf to pages >>>> or something like that pdf to Pages would be a great tool. >>> >>> As far as I know (at least with Mac OS Classic) the only way to >>> change a PDF >>> into something else is the full version of Adobe Acrobat. It lets you >>> save >>> the contents of a PDF to some different formats. RTF being one of >>> them. >>> >>> Udo >>> >>> ______________________________________________________________________ >>> _____ >>> To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of >>> "unsubscribe" to >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________________________________ >> ____ >> To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of >> "unsubscribe" to >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > >___________________________________________________________________________ >To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > ___________________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe send a mail message with a SUBJECT line of "unsubscribe" to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
