A patron recently approached me with a question about being able to convert a PDF into a Word document. Being relatively unaware of the option to do this or a specific program that would enable such a transformation of formats, I turned to Google and performed a search using the phrase, “convert pdf to word”. One of the top returns was the site http://www.pdftoword.com/ and although it wasn’t the top listing, the “100% Free” tag in the headline immediately caught my attention, so I gave the site a chance. What I found there was a very user-friendly and intuitive online interface through which I could simply upload the particular PDF I needed to covert, check off whether I wanted the document converted into Word or RTF format, then enter the email address to which I wanted the file sent and click the submit button to initiate the procedure. Within a mere minute or so, the newly transformed document would appear in my inbox, waiting to be downloaded as the Word document I had selected. In fact, it was so easy, explaining the whole process has proven significantly more time consuming to than actually doing it.
So why would anyone ever want to convert a PDF into a Word document in the first place you might ask? Well, often times, online applications for instance are made available for download as PDF’s. However, many of these kinds of documents cannot be modified; meaning simply, you can’t actually complete the application unless you first print a copy, then find a typewriter to feed it through or use the still more antiquated method of filling it out by hand. By converting the PDF into a fully workable Word document, you are able to type in the required fields in very neat and convenient fashion.
Upon scanning the page, you might also notice http://www.pdftoword.com/ offers some additional file conversion options as well as some related free pdf software downloads that might be of interest.
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