techie help?

[jonesthecurl]

So: I wrote some stuff in Word, It has several font types and sizes, and also pictures. the most up-to-date versions of these files are saved in PDF format. I've tried several different PDF converters to put them back in Word so I can do some more work on 'em, but have spent all day trying to get one that'll do it properly. One ignored the fonts and sizes, one would only convert to Open Office (odt file) which would be fine, except that it only converts to a picture file so I couldn't alter the text, and also moved everything about. One bunged a ton of extraneous lines and boxes in which I can't get rid of. One looked fine until I tried to move a picture.it moved, but the text didn't, so the pic is now superimposed on the text. One said I had to wait 60 minutes per file if I didn't pay premium, then lost the file completely so far as i can see. One wants money up front (which wouldn't necessarily be a problem, but I don't know if it'll work, given my experience with the others). I forget what crap the others I tried pulled, but none seemed to be able to reconstruct the original files so I could work on 'em.

Any ideas? or is what I want to do impossible because something about formatting gets cocked up when saving in PDF? I've tried formswift, pdf-format.com, pdfonline.com, soda,pdftodoc and probably others.

[jonesthecurl]

Smallpdf.com seems to have done a much better job, but for some reason has removed a lot of spaces between words...

[mookiemcgee]

Have you tried Adobe? I feel like that is your best bet if you want the job done right, and there might be a free trial if this is a one time thing

https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat ... erter.html

[waauw]

As far as I know, you always lose out going from pdf to docx.

[DoomYoshi]

Have you tried Adobe? I feel like that is your best bet if you want the job done right, and there might be a free trial if this is a one time thing

https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/acrobat ... erter.html

He speaks the truth! Get the 1-week trial for Adobe Pro.

[nietzsche]

[DoomYoshi]

Also, don't combine too many fonts. You're probably better off losing some fonts:
https://www.designmantic.com/blog/wp-co ... graphy.jpg

[KoolBak]

I have also had zero luck trying to conveert, Jonezy. Most of my attempts have been with tax documents, so that's probly my issue....

[jonesthecurl]

So here's one effort. The different programs all fail, but all do so in different ways. In this one I've managed to restore the Old English font. but it changed font sizes and paragraph spacing, which meant the pictures had to move, and the text no longer wraps.

This is from a current project, btw, of roleplay stuff. It's an adventure for the Pendragon game, a rare humourous one.

[TA1LGUNN3R]

Oh, he's dead. You killed him when you left the door open with the air conditioning on.

[mookiemcgee]

So here's one effort. The different programs all fail, but all do so in different ways. In this one I've managed to restore the Old English font. but it changed font sizes and paragraph spacing, which meant the pictures had to move, and the text no longer wraps.

This is from a current project, btw, of roleplay stuff. It's an adventure for the Pendragon game, a rare humourous one.

As long as you know the font name, once it's in word doc again you should be able to just change things easily back into the way you want them no?

[DoomYoshi]

How was area 51 mook?

[mookiemcgee]

How was area 51 mook?