Best PDF to Word converter? - General Questions and Answers

Greetings All,
I'm going to have a bunch of Contracts/Agreements in PDF form that will need editing soon.
Any suggestions for a good PDF to Doc converter - more than happy to pay for a good one...
In my last company, I had to do something similar, but found that converting pdfs to word docs with Adobe Pro X and XI barely had usable results - 90% of the time the formatting was wrecked and the conversion only saved me time from retyping everything free pdf converter- I still had to proof, because acrobat occasionally added letters or symbols to random words., 30% of the time, the conversions were so off/fragmented, it really was better that I manually retyped large portions of the document.
So, I was curious is there a good PDF to Doc converter out there that I can run on a desktop - cannot do online converters due to the sensitivity of the documents. I would gladly pay for the software assuming it actually worked better than Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Thanks in advance for any help
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You should be able to directly open text PDFs in Word, although you may run into issues if there are images. You can then save them in a .doc or .docx format. Hopefully you don't have to convert very many documents...
@roirraW "edor" ehT is our resident nerd, he might have an idea?

ReedReems said:
Greetings All,
I'm going to have a bunch of Contracts/Agreements in PDF form that will need editing soon.
Any suggestions for a good PDF to Doc converter - more than happy to pay for a good one...
In my last company, I had to do something similar, but found that converting pdfs to word docs with Adobe Pro X and XI barely had usable results - 90% of the time the formatting was wrecked and the conversion only saved me time from retyping everything free pdf converter- I still had to proof, because acrobat occasionally added letters or symbols to random words., 30% of the time, the conversions were so off/fragmented, it really was better that I manually retyped large portions of the document.
So, I was curious is there a good PDF to Doc word converter out there that I can run on a desktop - cannot do online converters due to the sensitivity of the documents. I would gladly pay for the software assuming it actually worked better than Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Thanks in advance for any help
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Yes! I know the best PDF to word converter. Because I am already use it. As a result, we recommend the SEOToolSystem to you. If you are interested to try it so please visit his site.
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Sorry for the delayed reply. About PDF to Word Converter, there are several PDF to Word converters available online, and the effectiveness of each converter may vary depending on the complexity of the PDF file. Such as Smallpdf, Zamzar, Coolmuster PDF to Word Converter, PDFelement, etc. You can check the details online and choose the one you like better. Hope this will be your help.

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Want a good comic book reader for HD2

Anyone know what is a good comic book reader for the HD2?
Also, where can you get comics from in this format?
It just occurred to me that this could be a nice feature for this phone.
http://comicreader.mobi
It can zoom bubbles when you tap on it. Great soft. It costs around $10 but worth it. Opens jpg or zipped formats as well.
And lastly: pls do not ask where to get comics from.
zoltansz said:
http://comicreader.mobi
It can zoom bubbles when you tap on it. Great soft. It costs around $10 but worth it. Opens jpg or zipped formats as well.
And lastly: pls do not ask where to get comics from.
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I've already seen the site for ComicReader but I'm still at a loss as to where to get comics from. I'm not being dodgy, I want to pay for them, just can't find any sites. Would like some pointers in the right direction.
I only collect old Hungarian ones so that would be of no use for you.
you can always check out blogspot pages for comics.
or torrent but not the same as having that fresh comic smell.
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you can get your comic book here!
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[Q]-[REQ] PDF Viewer for Musicians

This is something I've been trying to find for quite some time now.
What I am looking for is a PDF viewer that has an adjustable auto-scroll feature to use on an android tablet for reading music. For smaller screens (7"), I am looking to have 3-4 lines of music visible at a time when the device is in landscape mode.
The closest thing to this on android that I've found is the iReader app, but it doesn't read PDF's, and when I convert the PDF sheet music to MOBI or PDB, iReader won't autoscroll because there are images in the document.
What I'm trying to emulate here is something like the ForScore app or the MusicNotes app on the iPad, which has been described as "a PDF viewer with a metronome." Now, obviously, I don't want an iPad because of the way apple runs its devices/software.
If someone is interested in helping me to make this program (I am not a programmer by trade but a musician), there are plenty of other features that I would like to include, but the ones described above are the bare essentials for something that might already be out there. I'd be willing to pay someone for their time as well.
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Anybody?
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I was thinking of creating a score app for Android, but haven't had the time yet. Question: is pdf the best format for this? I don't use digital sheet music that much. Just wondering what might be the best format to support.
I don't really know to be honest. I just know that it's quite easy to scan music into PDF. If something else works better, then so be it. The end result needs to be easily rendered and easy to read as well.
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I don't really know to be honest. I just know that it's quite easy to scan music into PDF. If something else works better, then so be it. The end result needs to be easily rendered and easy to read as well.
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Okay. Are the musical symbols recognized and converted by a OCR engine when you scan it into a PDF file? And if so, can one assume that most PDF sheet music will be formatted this way.
(the only thing I know is the sibelius reader, that is used by many digital sheet music shops)
Sadly, you would have to assume that most pdf sheet music (such as the stuff you can find on IMSLP.org) is simply a collection of jpegs in a pdf container. I get a great deal of older baroque/classical music from that site.
I suppose, ideally, you would use something like sharpEye to do the conversion to MusicXML to make the process as universal as possible. That way, you could use anything (even something like musescore) to edit the files.
Now I've never done this, but would it be a messy process to open up the musicxml and use a virtual print driver to "print" it to pdf. Would that essentially make it a jpeg inside a pdf then?
*edit* I meant to say something else here. It would probably be a good idea to support the musicXML format for viewing in a reader. I was just banking on the fact that I usually just see music thrown in a pdf container (I'm assuming for simplicity's sake).
hi guys
joining the crowd here. i could get by for starters with something that could auto-scroll images/PNGs or perhaps even a browser addon could work for that?
i am not allowed to post links, google for "fastest scroll west", lets see if he can come through with an autoscroll web page feature. perhaps if more people pledged the donation...!
So is this dead then?
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Interesting....
actually some time ago I thought about developing an app for reading tab/chord-charts to assist me when I play the guitar.
Here we are talking about PDF-files if I have understood it correctly and this may make it a bit more difficult. However, although not now since I am busy with another project, I will look into it and see if it could be possible developing such an app, perhaps both for guitar and piano players.
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I would love to see something where you could just load a bunch of music charts (.pdf, .doc, etc) and create a setlist that you could scroll through or page through. I just bought a Viewsonic G-Tablet and I would love something like this. Right now I am planning on creating one big doc of charts for my weekly gig and just scrolling down through that. I would LOVE to not have to do that.

Writepad Stylus 2.4 is out, & it's awesome!

It's the best note taking app out there, in my opinion!
tabletman1 said:
It's the best note taking app out there, in my opinion!
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your Lenovo forum ID is balancing and we are tired of your opinions . This is not advertising , what you're doing is Anti-Advertising
manuel...sorry you have an issue with someone posting about a great app that many can benefit from. I have no financial or other connection to the Writepad Stylus app. I just find it superior to all the others I've tried, and want to share that info with others. Is that against the forum rules???
Not really against the rules, but it would be nice if you can elaborate as to why you think its the best app of its kind.You should list what you like and don't like, what has improved or can be improved.
I myself like the Quill app and even then I will still find things that can be improved in the app as well as stuff I love about it.
So if you can post your (more detailed) views of why you like the app it may fulfill our curiosity.
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I have used Writepad and I agree that it is a very good notebook app. I have Quill as well and I think that the two are quite similar and both very good. Some features I like in Writepad are that it has a pen-only mode (just like Quill so hand input is completely rejected), information can be organized in notebooks, notes can be exported to pdf, images and web pages can be imported into documents and drawn on, it allows both typed text and handwritten notes on the same page, and it has customizable choices for pen color and thickness (although I don't think it supports pressure sensitivity). It does not have handwriting to text conversion like notes mobile unfortunately. So far it is my favorite note taking app if I don't need conversion to text.
Only writepad and quill are apps that are viable for note taking as a medical student. I have purchased both actually but there is only one downfall in quill and if that is adressed I will switch from writepad to quill permanently for note taking. Unfortunately you can't import images in quill which is very handy for me because I can take a picture of say of the cardiovascular system from my anatomy book and import to writepad or even a picture of an important lecture slide and incorporate it in to my notes and add things I find important and label things my self to test my knowledge of the subject. Any how quill has a lot more lines to write on so one page contains the double the notes of a writepad page which is the only flaw in writepad for me. Hopefully quill will update this functionality of being able to import images and then quill would be perfect for a medical student
hatlesssandman said:
Only writepad and quill are apps that are viable for note taking as a medical student. I have purchased both actually but there is only one downfall in quill and if that is adressed I will switch from writepad to quill permanently for note taking. Unfortunately you can't import images in quill which is very handy for me because I can take a picture of say of the cardiovascular system from my anatomy book and import to writepad or even a picture of an important lecture slide and incorporate it in to my notes and add things I find important and label things my self to test my knowledge of the subject. Any how quill has a lot more lines to write on so one page contains the double the notes of a writepad page which is the only flaw in writepad for me. Hopefully quill will update this functionality of being able to import images and then quill would be perfect for a medical student
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You should try Lecture Notes, it doesn't feel as nicely as Quill when writing, but it has more features than Quill and Writepad and it is really great for importing pictures.
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You should try Lecture Notes, it doesn't feel as nicely as Quill when writing, but it has more features than Quill and Writepad and it is really great for importing pictures.
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I tried out the trial version of of lecture as per ur suggestion and I must say I was quite impressed I think I will buy it lol it even had the option how much line spacing you want on the page. I had a question for u obscure it may be a little off topic but do u know of any app that can convert .doc files to .png or .jpg so I can open those in lecture notes as well. Thank u for ur suggestion again
No problem, glad you like it. I use open office to convert PowerPoint slides to HTML and then simply delete all the actual HTML files and keep only the images. That way you can import them into lecture notes.
I'm not sure .doc's will work the same. You could use open office to convert to PDF or use PDF creator and simply take a printscreen of said image and crop accordingly. I'll see if OoO allows you to save as an image.
Edit: So OpenOffice Writer does not allow exporting to an image format. You can however export to PDF and then use GIMP to convert to png or jpg. I know this isn't the most optimal, but nonetheless it should work.
Cheers.

App for serously annotating PDFs.

The question has been asked several times. Even recently I;ve seen the topic, but I'm looking for something most annotation applications can't handle and I was wondering if there is an application or applications that can handle it. There are really two and half things that I would like to do.
Sometimes the margins aren't enough room for the comments I want to make. I would like to open up a gap in the text where I can write something. Basically I want to "add a page" in between text ( even if only at paragraph breaks).
The second thing is I would want at least one "comment layer" and hopefully more. By comment layer I mean a layer like in GIMP,Krita, Inksape and other drawing programs which I mark up and can shut on or off.
The third thing ( actually the half thing, because I really expect it in a decent program ) I would like is to somehow be able to save my changes to a seperate file, which I could reload later and modify the notations with out hurting the original document. In other words "export to pdf" is not the only way of saving something.
Thanks
AW: App for serously annotating PDFs.
Unfortunately you did not mention Which apps you already tested and did not find useful .
I'm sure that the Combination of your wish list Will lead to no result .Currently Im happy With ezPDF reader but Im also teting iAnnotate .
l like the Idea of saveing the annotation In a separate file . This Would also enable annotation for protected files.
Have you tried Lecture Notes. You can divide pages to create the extra page you wish. You can add multiple layers for annotating, drawing etc. and each layer is saved as a separate file.
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Another vote for lecture notes. Every time I tell myself it can't do something and I will try another app, I figure out how to do it or the new feature is released. You will not be disappointed.
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GETCASHMONEY said:
Another vote for lecture notes. Every time I tell myself it can't do something and I will try another app, I figure out how to do it or the new feature is released. You will not be disappointed.
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Whilst I love LN, I think it is nowhere near useful for any serious PDF work.
The software is brilliant in importing PDFs, and I think that is a great functionality for ripping off bits of PDF documents and including them in handwritten notes. On the other hand LN does not (and it is not supposed to) handle PDF documents in their native format. It simply transforms them into bitmap images. When you export the notebook back to PDF the result is 6-8 times larger than the original (could be less, depending on the type of document) and it has lost all the vectorial and text content. Besides, LN struggles to import anything that has more than 100-150 pages and contains lots of objects.
I do quite a lot of proof reading of PDFs of technical publications, and I find that my note is a fantastic tool for annotating draft publications, despite having a desktop PC with a very large screen in front of me. I do not need the features requested by the OP, because the tablet is my secondary instrument and I can always go back to my PC for more complicated things. So far the most comprehensive software that I found for annotating PDFs is ezPDF, followed by Adobe Reader. I also bought LN, but that helps me in different things.
What MouseTheLuckyDog is looking for is probably an Android port of Adobe Acrobat, but I doubt we will ever see one, at least in the short term.
Floating Draw
MouseTheLuckyDog said:
The question has been asked several times. Even recently I;ve seen the topic, but I'm looking for something most annotation applications can't handle and I was wondering if there is an application or applications that can handle it. There are really two and half things that I would like to do.
Sometimes the margins aren't enough room for the comments I want to make. I would like to open up a gap in the text where I can write something. Basically I want to "add a page" in between text ( even if only at paragraph breaks).
The second thing is I would want at least one "comment layer" and hopefully more. By comment layer I mean a layer like in GIMP,Krita, Inksape and other drawing programs which I mark up and can shut on or off.
The third thing ( actually the half thing, because I really expect it in a decent program ) I would like is to somehow be able to save my changes to a seperate file, which I could reload later and modify the notations with out hurting the original document. In other words "export to pdf" is not the only way of saving something.
Thanks
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It allows you to write on any doc or screen on your tablet.
I don't know if this is of any use but my workflow is using Zotero within Firefox on the desktop. There is also another zotero extension that I use to sync the pdfs to dropbox, and from there onto my note via foldersync. I then read and highlight using ezpdf, then import back into zotero and this extracts all my highlighted text.
Ezpdf reader
MouseTheLuckyDog said:
The question has been asked several times. Even recently I;ve seen the topic, but I'm looking for something most annotation applications can't handle and I was wondering if there is an application or applications that can handle it. There are really two and half things that I would like to do.
Sometimes the margins aren't enough room for the comments I want to make. I would like to open up a gap in the text where I can write something. Basically I want to "add a page" in between text ( even if only at paragraph breaks).
The second thing is I would want at least one "comment layer" and hopefully more. By comment layer I mean a layer like in GIMP,Krita, Inksape and other drawing programs which I mark up and can shut on or off.
The third thing ( actually the half thing, because I really expect it in a decent program ) I would like is to somehow be able to save my changes to a seperate file, which I could reload later and modify the notations with out hurting the original document. In other words "export to pdf" is not the only way of saving something.
Thanks
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Have you tried this. I am I use it for work and it gives me everything I need.
edirector said:
It allows you to write on any doc or screen on your tablet.
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Editors Note: The app in question is "floating draw".
So next time I open the doc willl I see the annotations there?
I've been looking for app with similar requirements. Only apps I found that allow you to export to PDF without converting everything to images are Adobe Reader and EzPDF. Adobe has a bit limited functionality (could use an eraser or full touch rejection mode), but I think it's still the best choice available - EzPDF does everything I need, but its small icons are extremely uncomfortable.
I use Mantano. .
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ezPDF all the way...
also see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2083668
Maybe iannotate pdf...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.branchfire.iannotate
i use both ezpdf and mantano i like them both

[Q] Textbook viewer?

Hey guys.
I'm not sure if it's okay to discuss this in xda but I've recently downloaded my school textbooks through torrents because they're really expensive and being in college does not help me at all. I have them in .pdf format but I was wondering if there are other ways I can view them because I go to My Files and click the file from there then use Hancom viewer to read it. Are there other apps out there that can make this process easier? And lastly, I want to start exploring e-books so if there's an e-book viewer or something similar to that, I would definitely take a look at it.
For pdfs try Perfect Viewer with its PDF plugin. (both free on Google play). I use it for all my coursebooks and magazines. It has a bookshelf option, and an in-app file explorer.
For ebooks, I highly recommend Moon+ Reader. Aldiko and Mantabo reader are also options.
As much as piracy is illegal (do I feel like a hypocrite for saying that? God yes.) I think I can safely say every student does that. The companies ask for it, charging you 80 quid for a single 50 page book and then paying you 1 quid if you return it without even taking it out of the plastic...
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ShadowLea said:
For pdfs try Perfect Viewer with its PDF plugin. (both free on Google play). I use it for all my coursebooks and magazines. It has a bookshelf option, and an in-app file explorer.
For ebooks, I highly recommend Moon+ Reader. Aldiko and Mantabo reader are also options.
As much as piracy is illegal (do I feel like a hypocrite for saying that? God yes.) I think I can safely say every student does that. The companies ask for it, charging you 80 quid for a single 50 page book and then paying you 1 quid if you return it without even taking it out of the plastic...
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Agree, in this day and age electronic distribution at a discounted rate should be available either by timed subscription or full purchase.
+1 on Perfect Viewer, good app.
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ShadowLea said:
For ebooks, I highly recommend Moon+ Reader
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I completely agree. And Moon+ Reader Pro is 50% off right now. It gives you loads of extra features that I think are especially worth it for students....for example, the ability to highlight and annotate passages.
You will likely want this feature in your pdf app as well. I have not tried the recommended app; however, if it doesn't allow you to annotate, you can try EZpdf.
To be honest though, there is nothing better than Adobe Acrobat Pro for marking up textbooks and other pdf files. Buy the student edition (Tip: Many college math departments sell the student edition for less than half the price of the retail student edition...I paid $44). The only drawback is you have to use a computer...but it is so much easier to do that part on my Macbook, save the file as a readable pdf and then put the textbook in Dropbox to open on whatever device I happen to be using at the time.
Ruqayyah said:
You will likely want this feature in your pdf app as well. I have not tried the recommended app; however, if it doesn't allow you to annotate, you can try EZpdf.
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Perfectviewer is what the name says, viewer only. It's actually a comic reader, so no annotations.
Though to be fair, this is a Note device. Just press and hold the pen button, draw a selection and save that. (or use the screen write feature).
Saves you a ton of time leafing through all the pages when you want to review it later. You just view them as single pictures in a gallery.
That's what I do, and I find myself not needing annotations at all. Bonus, you can email the selections as opposed to the entire book.
Near the exams I simply put most of the saved selections on a photoshop document and print that as my cheatsheet. Extremely time-saving once you get used to it.
(I stole that idea entirely off one of my mates who's a medical student. Saw his collection (well, library) of snippet texts and screenshots with writing(ahem, inelligeble scribbles) once and though '****, that's a good idea!).
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I use ezPDF for textbooks. If the content type matters, mainly science and math books, but I prefer to do a lot of highlighting and annotating right into the textbook. I prefer ezPDF over Moon reader. You will have to try them to see which works better for you.

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