Print to Word

[Jason]

Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual printer)?
Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free converters.

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual
printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free
converters.

PDF converter

PrimoPDF or CutePDF


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[Alan Edwards]

There were a couple of threads about 10 days ago in the Office group
where someone asked similar. The consensus seemed to be that there was
nothing like a ".doc" printer. The thread are here:
http://groups.google.com.au/groups?q=office+public+microsoft+print+shrikant

....Alan

 

[Jason]

Sorry, don't need you help?

Why ask here? Neither of these question have anything to do with XP.

Ask elsewhere

 

[Jason]

Actually it is an XP Pro PC with various software.

 

[Jason]

Thanks,

I'll see what I can find out about then. I thought Primo and Cute were PDF
print drivers and they didn't come up in the searches.

 

[Gerry]

Alan

http://www.primopdf.com/

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[Gerry]

Jason

http://www.primopdf.com/

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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[Alan Edwards]

Gerry

Absolutely nothing to do with the question I replied to.


On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:49:49 +0100, in

....Alan

 

[Gerry]

Alan

From the link I posted under Features:
Convert PDF to Microsoft Word, RTF, text, and images.

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[Alan Edwards]

I am aware of that but I did NOT answer that question.
I only answered the prime question on a Word printer.
I repeat:

Absolutely nothing to do with the question I replied to.

 

[Mike Hall - MVP]

Thanks,

I'll see what I can find out about then. I thought Primo and Cute were PDF
print drivers and they didn't come up in the searches.

I may have misunderstood.

You want something that will create an editable document out of a PDF file?

http://www.hellopdf.com/

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[Patrick Keenan]

Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual
printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free
converters.

Word isn't a printer and so you can't print to it. Are you actually
looking for a format converter? Your question is not clear (and no, it
doesn't have anything to do with XP).

PDF to doc converters - there is a large dependency on the source material.
If the original PDF source is a scan, the PDF contains an image, not text.
The same problem arises with trying to use a fax image.

Acrobat (not the Reader, IIRC) does contain some text recognition routines
(called OCR) that can convert these images to text, though it's never a good
idea to rely solely on this; you must do a word for word proofread. OCR
is a complex process and is very seldom free, as the programs that offer it
frequently incorporate licensed software.


HTH
-pk

 

[Jason]

To clarify: to print to .doc file that is used by MS Word. Like pdf955 that
can print to .pdf file but can't be opened in MS Word therefore can not be
edited at a later date.

 

[Bill Sharpe]

To clarify: to print to .doc file that is used by MS Word. Like pdf955 that
can print to .pdf file but can't be opened in MS Word therefore can not be
edited at a later date.

Need further clarification. What application are you starting with? You
can't print to a DOC file, but in some applications you may be able to
save a file as a DOC file. OpenOffice.org comes to mind. My guess is
that you need an OCR program to accomplish your objective.

Bill

 

[Panic]

Why don't you just open your application, select all; copy. Open Word,
paste.

 

[M.I.5¾]

Why ask here? Neither of these question have anything to do with XP.

Ask elsewhere

Like in a general newsgroup. As this is such a newsgroup, you could just
ignore our resident ****wit.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

To clarify: to print to .doc file that is used by MS Word. Like pdf955
that can print to .pdf file but can't be opened in MS Word therefore can
not be edited at a later date.

Of course not, because PDF files aren't intended to be particularly
editable. The PDF format is intended to provide a consistent appearance
for compound documents, containing words, charts, tables, images, etc.
regardless of platform. It isn't intended to be an editable file any more
than a JPEG is.

To edit PDF files after they are created, you need something like Acrobat,
not reader, just as you need an image editor to edit JPEG files.

Word isn't a PDF editor.

What you can sometimes do, depending on the options chosen by the person who
created the PDF, and which may give results that are not particularly
helpful, is highlight the text in the PDF, then choose Copy and Paste into a
Word doc or text file. Expect to lose most if not all formatting.

HTH
-pk

 

[Jason]

Can not copy from PDF files - won't select text. Like you say it's best to
get hold of the original file and keep the ones we create. Also I may use
the html format instead of the PDF format.

 

[C.Joseph Drayton]

Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual printer)?
Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free converters.

Paperless Printer
(http://www.rarefind.com/paperlessprinter/downloads.html)
will print to DOC format. Note that paperless Printer is
shareware NOT freeware. Paperless Printer will print to the
following formats;

Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)
Microsoft Word Format (DOC)
Microsoft Excel Format (XLS)
JPEG
BMP

Sincerely,
C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

CSD Computer Services

Web site: http://csdcs.itgo.com/
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