Rachid Ayad wrote:
Hello, Do you know how to convert pdf files to doc files. They said
we can do it through Acrobat 8 standard or professional and I do not
think we have them in Linux. The acrobat I have in linux can convert
it to txt file without images.
The commercial Adobe Acrobat Std/Pro/Premier (whatever they're selling
now) program can do this on windows, if the PDF files were created in
such a way to allow you to convert them back to text or doc files. If
the PDF files were created with security, encryption or copyright access
controls, you may not be able to do this at all.
There are other methods of manipulating pdf files on linux & the
OpenOffice-Writer program is one of the best. See also,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDFedit
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_PDF_software
It is important to understand what a PDF is
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Document_Format> & why it is used
to distribute copyrighted content, retaining it's original formating,
fonts and layout. PDF documents are created by printing to a pseudo
printer device and rasterizing to postscript the content including the
formating, so the .pdf file is simply a electronic printout of a
document without the paper. This makes it possible to distribute .pdf
files that can display content created using commercial fonts with out
having to install the proprietary fonts on client systems. To reverse
the process is much more difficult and likely will not retain the exact
formatting and fonts once it is converted to a .txt, .doc, or odp file.
-HTH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
