I think you're going to be out-of-luck on this one. At least with MS Word as the
target document format. It would require a postscript interpreter to generate a
Word format file - and I don't think MS has ever documented their format (the
reason I've always seen is: Use the API). Hence, no one has been able to produce
a reliable filter.
You may be able to use FrameMaker (which I don't think has been ported to Linux
yet - or if it has, will cost many $$) to read and then edit the .ps result of
the PDF file. But I doubt it.
PDF was designed to be a viewable format - with the business objective of
letting the publisher control the document's content: from viewing to
distribution.
So, your best bet is to go to the publisher of the forms and ask for the source
files. (Which are probably MS Word files, given its prevalence in the industry.)
Note that you can use the 'pdfinfo' command to find out more about the .pdf's
files origin - assuming the publisher provided it.
Quoting [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Is it a requirement you start with .pdf? You could do it with
> > DocBook XML from a web page, or use PHP's PDF functionality to do it
> > as well (http://www.php.net/manual/en/ref.pdf.php).
> >
> These are US government forms, which are only available as .pdf.
> Otherwise I wouldn't be interested in the conversion.
>
> Bob Sparks
> Never attribute to malice, that which can be explained by stupidity.
> Never attribute to stupidity, that which can be explained by lack of
> information.
>
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