[Linux] converting PDF to DOC?

Sun, 03 Jun 2007 21:53:33 -0400

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There is one other option but it's not pretty.  You can use gocr 
(optical character recognition).  

   1. Open the PDF in Gimp.
   2. Save as PGM file format. (or use ImageMagic: $ convert mydoc.pdf
      mydoc.pgm)
   3. Run gocr on the pgm file ($ gocr mydoc.pgm > mydoc.txt)
   4. Open mydoc.txt in OO and save as MS word.
   5. Read and Fix all the characters not recognized properly (which
      could be quite a lot)
   6. Re-format the document (bullets, underlines, bold, italic, etc)
   7. Crop, save, and copy embedded images from PDF into the new doc file.

This is obviously a project and probably more work than it's worth but 
only you can decide that.

Good Luck

Larry

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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="-1">The</font><font
 face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" size="-1">re is one other option
but it's not pretty.&nbsp; You can use gocr (optical character
recognition).&nbsp;&nbsp; <br>
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  <li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Open the PDF in
Gimp.</font></small></li>
  <li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Save as PGM file
format. (or use ImageMagic: </font><tt>$ convert mydoc.pdf mydoc.pgm</tt>)<br>
    </small></li>
  <li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Run gocr on the
pgm file (</font><tt>$ gocr mydoc.pgm &gt; mydoc.txt</tt><font
 face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">)</font></small></li>
  <li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Open mydoc.txt
in OO and save as MS word.</font></small></li>
  <li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Read and Fix all
the characters not recognized properly (which could be quite a lot)</font></small></li>
  <li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Re-format the
document (bullets, underlines, bold, italic, etc)</font></small></li>
  <li><small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">Crop, save, and
copy embedded images from PDF into the new doc file.</font></small></li>
</ol>
<small><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">This is obviously a
project and probably more work than it's worth but only you can decide
that.<br>
<br>
Good Luck<br>
<br>
Larry<br>
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