Open the PDF file in a reader such as Adobe Reader. If the document hasn't
been restricted by its author, you can use the text selection tool and copy
text to the clipboard, then paste it into Word.
Word doesn't have any converter to read PDF files. The most you can do
directly in Word is to insert the PDF file as an object that displays as an
icon.
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Sure - in 2003 & 2007 at least, not sure about earlier versions. The thing
is that only the first page of a multi-page PDF can be displayed.
Double-clicking the object will open it in a PDF reader if one is available.
Word 2003: Insert> Object> Create From File, navigate to and select the PDF.
Both checkboxes in the dialog should be cleared.
Word 2007: Insert Tab> Text Group> Object, then same as above.
Actually with a current Adobe Reader installed you can insert a PDF into Word and the first page will display (similar to how Word
'sees' multipage TIFF files).
But it caries a lot of 'baggage' being an Insert=>Object=>Create from file
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Open the PDF file in a reader such as Adobe Reader. If the document hasn't
been restricted by its author, you can use the text selection tool and copy
text to the clipboard, then paste it into Word.
Word doesn't have any converter to read PDF files. The most you can do
directly in Word is to insert the PDF file as an object that displays as an
icon.
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Regards,
Jay Freedman >>
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Bob Buckland ?
MS Office System Products MVP
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Thanks, Bob, I didn't realize that. On my main PC, I use the
PDF-XChange viewer instead of Adobe Reader, because it has markup
tools. But it can't do the display-in-Word trick; all you get is an
object rectangle, with or without icon. The laptop has Adobe Reader 8,
though, and I see that it does as you say.
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