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Author Convert a PDF document into MS Word docuemnt
anton.vandersteen@chello.nl

2006-10-06, 7:57 am

Hello Perl addicts,

Can anyone tell me if it is possible to convert a PDF document into MS
Word using Perl?

I need this information to carry out a project at a client.

Thanks and have a nice wend.


Anton van der Steen
Eindhoven/ The Netherlands

Thomas Wittek

2006-10-06, 7:57 am

anton.vandersteen@chello.nl schrieb:
> Hello Perl addicts,
>
> Can anyone tell me if it is possible to convert a PDF document into MS
> Word using Perl?


Not (easily) with Perl. The only easy Solutions I know, is to use an OCR
software, that "scans" the PDF and generates a Word document.
Maybe you could automate this using Perl.

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Thomas Wittek
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Dr.Ruud

2006-10-06, 6:57 pm

anton.vandersteen@chello.nl schreef:

> Can anyone tell me if it is possible to convert a PDF document into MS
> Word using Perl?


Why use Perl? Google for pdf2doc, many products use that name.

--
Affijn, Ruud

"Gewoon is een tijger."


Ron Savage

2006-10-09, 7:59 am

On Fri, 6 Oct 2006 21:26:01 +1000, anton.vandersteen@chello.nl wrote:

Hi Anton

If the doc is locked you have a problem, but if it isn't, just hit ^A and=
you
will select the page or whole doc, and then copy it to the clipboard.

Perl isn't the best solution to /every/ problem you know :-).



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