This question was asked a while back and the person who replied sloughed it off and then closed the question. The original question asked about converting it to a Word or Excel file. Can it be converted to a Word file?
Original question:
"Converting files from PDF to excel & Word [closed]"
asked Nov 22 '12
Minal
Hi My Name is Minal I am downloading LibreOffice for purely business purpose. My question is that can I convert and export PDF files to Word or Excel or JPG image? And will editing PDF in LibreOFfice will leave a âwatermarkâ or any kind of print that will show that the particular PDF is edit ?? Awaiting reply. Best Regards, Minal
Answer:
Closed for the following reason question is not relevant or outdated by qubit
close date 2013-03-11 12:04:25.047366
Hi @Minal, There are several programs that can convert a PDF to a (set of) JPEG image(s). Do you want to be able to edit the text of the PDF after the conversion?
qubit gravatar imagequbit (Feb 3 '13)
As you can see, he never answered the question (other than to state there are programs that can convert to a JPG). He ignored the more relevant part of the question - converting to a Word or Excel file. In fact, the question header did not address a JPG, just in the body - added by the poster - probably as an afterthought!
While there are a few FOSS programs that allow you to edit a few lines of a PDF, they do not handle conversion to a Word or Excel. A few that I have found that claim to be free and do so, only convert a few lines, not the entire PDF (and even that is done poorly). If you want the program to convert the entire PDF to a Word file, then they require you to buy their paid version. Why would anyone want their paid version when their free, partial, conversion canât even handle a few lines?
So to re-open the question, looking for a reasonable answer (even if it is âNOâ), "Will LibreOffice convert a PDF file to a fully editable Word file (or an fully editable Excel file)?
P.S. While I have no problem using âcaptchaâ pictures to determine if âI am not a robotâ (although have been accused of such in the past), please make the pictures more distinguishable. For example, if I am to select those with mountains, please make the mountains clearly distinguishable from the other pictures.I could have my set of mountain pictures compared to different dishes of pasta or candy or cakes, etc. rather than other scenery pictures that could possibly been viewed as containing mountains. Even worse is to change to those "captcha"s that use squiggly lines and ask for letters/numbers that are as squiggly as the lines that cover them. In other words, âcaptchaââ, while not being reproducible by machine, should be readable by a human.