converting pdf to word

[Natobasso]

Not a pdf/word converter but one step better--a pdf editor that's not Adobe!
http://www.smileonmymac.com/PDFpen/

[matthew80]

I've had zero problems with the Adobe Acrobat Pro X, It does all that you're asking. but it is expensive,
Skim and Preview are good, you can highlight the text or annotate your PDF with them, but they can only deal with basic editing. Once saved, the PDF will become un-editable again. If you wanna type on PDF, edit the text or change the images, you can try convert PDF to Word. Things will be much easiers in Word doc. That's what I do when I wanna edit a PDF. If you wanna do the conversion, you can try PDF to Word converter for Mac, cost $39.95 (While Win version is free), anyway, I've try some converters on Mac OS, this one is among the best. Hope it helps.

[MisterMe]

I've had zero problems with the Adobe Acrobat Pro X, It does all that you're asking. but it is expensive,
Skim and Preview are good, you can highlight the text or annotate your PDF with them, but they can only deal with basic editing. Once saved, the PDF will become un-editable again.

You appear to be asking for more than the PDF format can give you. Adobe Acrobat X Pro is not intended to edit PDF files in the same sense that you can edit Word documents. It is intended for mark-ups, annotations, forms creation, signing, and such like. Actually, the mission-critical function of [b]Acrobat Pro[b] is the creation of PDFs using the Distiller application. Immediately above your post is Natobasso's post in which he recommends SmileOnMyMac's PDFpen. At $59.95 for the regular version and $99.95 for PDFpenPro, SmileOnMyMac's appears to be fairly well align with Adobe's educational pricing.

Understand this about converting PDF files to Word or other editable formats: This functionality is a convenience. Primarily, it saves your having to retype massive amounts of text. It is not intended to facilitate the appropriation of the works of others. Nor is it intended to allow you to make changes to documents that facilitate the misrepresentation of the works of others. PDF files are used extensively in government, corporate, and educational affairs because the format can be trusted. If these files were as easily edited as you appear to want, then a more secure format for the purpose would have to be developed.

[midijeep]

This might work. Open pdf in Preview. Go to tools menu at top. Go down to Annotate, then to add text. A menu bar will appear. Click in the icon that looks like a S and has a small x beside it. From this point you will need to write out on a piece of paper each information you want to add to the pdf and use your iSight camera.
Click on the small arrow beside the S and scroll to create new signature. Again, do this for each piece of information you want to add. Finally, once you have finished, all you need to do is click on the S and scroll down to the "signatures" you want to insert, then move and size. Then save the pdf.

[greggree]

Solid PDF to Word works well for me.
http://www.mac-pdf-converter.com/

MacWorld review can be found here: http://www.macworld.com/article/1509...onversion.html

[berrech]

Hi,
The software sounds great. I have a lot of online professional learning that is presented in PDF form and it would be great if I could turn it into word documents so I could add to the descriptions of different things and then resave/print the information.

[jahan]

Whenever I need to convert PDF to .doc, I use PDF to Word Converter. Now understand this: file conversion is a convenience. It saves your having to retype document in Word from scratch. A converted file cannot be used as a final document. You will save yourself untold hours of frustration if you get your brain around this simple fact.