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Michael Beijer United Kingdom Local time: 01:48 Member (2009) Dutch to English + ...
May 7, 2013
I thought I might mention something that I just now discovered after installing the new MS Office 2013:
Office 2013 comes with a new feature where you can open a PDF and convert it to a Word doc. I wasn't expecting much, to be honest, but I just tried it on a PDF I recently had to convert for a job, and guess what: the results are better than the one I did manually using ABBYY FineReader 11 (and way better than the original I received from my client!).
I thought I might mention something that I just now discovered after installing the new MS Office 2013:
Office 2013 comes with a new feature where you can open a PDF and convert it to a Word doc. I wasn't expecting much, to be honest, but I just tried it on a PDF I recently had to convert for a job, and guess what: the results are better than the one I did manually using ABBYY FineReader 11 (and way better than the original I received from my client!).
I'm sure there will be cases where ABBY will beat it, but it is a welcome addition to my arsenal.
I now have 3 good ways to convert a PDF:
1. ABBY FineReader 11 (my favourite) 2. Adobe Acrobat (very good for certain types of PDF!) 3. Office 2013 (new favourite)
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Michael Beijer United Kingdom Local time: 01:48 Member (2009) Dutch to English + ...
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editable
May 7, 2013
Hi Emma,
It was indeed an editable PDF. However, it did a much better job than either ABBYY FineReader 11 or Actobat on this particular one, so it is definitely worth having around.
When converting PDFs I always try several programs, just in case one does a much better job than the others.
Michael
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Emma Goldsmith Spain Local time: 02:48 Member (2004) Spanish to English
Interesting
May 8, 2013
Thanks for the clarification, Michael and Siegfried. It's an interesting new option, all the same.
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