Is there a converter on WORD 2007 or do we still have to go thru shareware?

There is an add-in available from Microsoft.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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"donna" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is there a converter on WORD 2007 or do we still have to go thru
> shareware?

There is an add-in available from Microsoft for saving as PDF. At one time
it was integrated into the Office applications but MS lost the lawsuit. ;-)

To find the add-in, click the Microsoft Office Button, point to Save As, and
then click the link along the lines of "Find additional add-ins". I forget
the exact wording but it's below the Save As 97-2003 file format command.

Note that allowing the application to find the download for you is the best
method. Many users have reported difficulty with searching the Microsoft
site for the add-in and downloading/installing it from there.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"donna" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is there a converter on WORD 2007 or do we still have to go thru
> shareware?

JoAnn and Beth have answered what's probably your question. However, your
subject line says "PDF to Word 2007", which suggests you might be wanting to
go in the other direction. Word 2007 does not have a method for reading PDF
files -- it can write them, only. To go in the other direction, you'd need
to rely on the clipboard (copy/paste), or perhaps use the full version of
Acrobat and save from there into Word format. The results are seldom
satisfactory, in my experience.

--
Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
Web: http://www.herbtyson.com


"donna" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Is there a converter on WORD 2007 or do we still have to go thru
> shareware?

Good catch! I've been mired up past my eyeballs trying to learn Access today
(and making a wee bit of progress) so I'm reading funny. Most posters want
to be able to make PDF files, not break them.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Herb Tyson [MVP]" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:%23pt2Dgs$(E-Mail Removed)...
> JoAnn and Beth have answered what's probably your question. However, your
> subject line says "PDF to Word 2007", which suggests you might be wanting
> to go in the other direction. Word 2007 does not have a method for reading
> PDF files -- it can write them, only. To go in the other direction, you'd
> need to rely on the clipboard (copy/paste), or perhaps use the full
> version of Acrobat and save from there into Word format. The results are
> seldom satisfactory, in my experience.
>
> --
> Herb Tyson MS MVP
> Author of the Word 2007 Bible
> Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com
> Web: http://www.herbtyson.com
>
>
> "donna" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:631AB301-108F-42E3-91F1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Is there a converter on WORD 2007 or do we still have to go thru
>> shareware?
>

Can you clearify where do I find the Microsoft Office Button to click? What
application? Sorry, I need a little hand-holding.

Thanks,

Carlos Sales

"Beth Melton" wrote:

> There is an add-in available from Microsoft for saving as PDF. At one time
> it was integrated into the Office applications but MS lost the lawsuit. ;-)
>
> To find the add-in, click the Microsoft Office Button, point to Save As, and
> then click the link along the lines of "Find additional add-ins". I forget
> the exact wording but it's below the Save As 97-2003 file format command.
>
> Note that allowing the application to find the download for you is the best
> method. Many users have reported difficulty with searching the Microsoft
> site for the add-in and downloading/installing it from there.
>
> Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
> assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Beth Melton
> Microsoft Office MVP
>
> Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
> http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook
>
> Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
> TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
> MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
>
> "donna" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:631AB301-108F-42E3-91F1-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Is there a converter on WORD 2007 or do we still have to go thru
> > shareware?
>
>
>

No problem. :-) The Microsoft Office Button is the round button in the upper
left corner of the application window. If you are looking for the link for
the PDF add-in you can use Excel, Word, or PowerPoint for this -- the link
is in the same location.

Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP

Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook

Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/

"Carlos Sales" <Carlos (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:EA156BFD-61BD-40AC-9DBB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can you clearify where do I find the Microsoft Office Button to click?
> What
> application? Sorry, I need a little hand-holding.

Have you downloaded the add-in yet?

The Office button is that round button in the upper left corner of Word.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


"Carlos Sales" <Carlos (E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:EA156BFD-61BD-40AC-9DBB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Can you clearify where do I find the Microsoft Office Button to click?
> What
> application? Sorry, I need a little hand-holding.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carlos Sales
>
> "Beth Melton" wrote:
>
>> There is an add-in available from Microsoft for saving as PDF. At one
>> time
>> it was integrated into the Office applications but MS lost the lawsuit.
>> ;-)
>>
>> To find the add-in, click the Microsoft Office Button, point to Save As,
>> and
>> then click the link along the lines of "Find additional add-ins". I
>> forget
>> the exact wording but it's below the Save As 97-2003 file format command.
>>
>> Note that allowing the application to find the download for you is the
>> best
>> method. Many users have reported difficulty with searching the Microsoft
>> site for the add-in and downloading/installing it from there.
>>
>> Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for
>> assistance by email cannot be acknowledged.
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>> Beth Melton
>> Microsoft Office MVP
>>
>> Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out:
>> http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook
>>
>> Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word
>> TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/
>> MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/
>>
>> "donna" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:631AB301-108F-42E3-91F1-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> > Is there a converter on WORD 2007 or do we still have to go thru
>> > shareware?
>>
>>
>>

If you have Acobe Reader 8.0, you can highlight the text, and do a copy/paste
to a Word doc. You will have to go through for formatting/errors/etc., just
as if you were doing a scan with OCR software. It's not the best, but it does
work in a pinch. And, it only works with 8.0. (Found this by accident - the
way I usually find things!)

"donna" wrote:

> Is there a converter on WORD 2007 or do we still have to go thru shareware?

You can convert Word 2007 to PDF but you can't do vice versa.
You can download the thing to convert to PDF here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
"donna" wrote:

> Is there a converter on WORD 2007 or do we still have to go thru shareware?