Convert PDFs Into Edit-Ready Word Documents
The free PDF to Word service does just what its name implies: converts PDF files into Word-friendly documents.
Why would you need a converter for a PDF? After all, it's mostly text, right? Actually, a PDF is a kind of digital snapshot of the original document -- a collection of images, really. Thus, to edit that document, you need to perform some kind of optical character recognition (OCR) on it, converting the image of text into raw, editable text.
There are countless commercial software products that can do this, but why not try PDF to Word first? There's nothing to install and nothing to pay for.
All you do is upload your PDF and choose an output format: Word or Rich Text Format. (Best bet: Choose Word over RTF. Word conversions end up looking remarkably similar to your original PDFs. Ultimately, the quality varies from one document to another depending on its content, layout, etc.)
This isn't the best choice for people in a hurry, as it takes a little while for the service to work its magic and send you an e-mail with a link to download the converted document.
Even so, PDF to Word is one seriously handy tool -- and you can't beat the price.
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