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People share PDFs more than any other type of file, but they can be a pain to edit. Free PDF to Word switches them over to work in text editors so you can make quick edits. Though the program mentions Microsoft Word's ubiquitous word processor, it also works with Open Office and other open-source programs.
The program won't take up much hard-drive space and it can be installed in seconds. Free PDF to Word isn't exciting to look at, but it works like a charm. The best part is that it maintains most of the PDF's design, so you don't have to spend time putting the layout back together. You can make your edits and then export the file back to PDF. It will still have all the colors, images, and graphs it had before your edits. This software creates a special folder for the new document, but you can change this before converting. That way, you can keep the same file organization and you won't have to go searching for the converted document.
Free PDF to Word is a must-have for students, club members, and anyone who shares work online. It can shave hours off of your workload.
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From Free PDF Solutions:
If you're looking for a fast and efficient PDF-to-DOC conversion program then you'll have made a good choice here. The program itself is pretty simple to use and you won't be confronted with too many options when using it. You can change output variables like the destination and name, you can choose to convert a whole PDF document or just specific pages and to save time and processing power you can also choose to ignore any images in the source PDF document when it's being converted so you get pure text output instead.
What's new in this version: Fixed installer.
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All versions:
4.3 starsout of 86 votes
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4.3 starsout of 86 votes
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"Fabulous converter"
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
it is very necessary for me to convert my pdf extension files to doc extension. when i use this app, it turns very customizing as i can convert selected pages or the whole document.
Cons
it works really fine for me.
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"Powerful pdf2word converter"
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
I found this utility powerful to convert pdf documents to word documents. it keeps forms and fonts of my pdf files.
Cons
This app is a good choice to convert pdf to doc format. it works compatibly with either old version or new version of Ms word. i don't have any problem with it.
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"Simplest Software !!!"
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
Supports paragraph alignment
Detects clipped text
Image support
Easy to use
User-friendly GUI.Cons
The program failed to convert a document that contained images, tables and special characters found in other languages besides English (the output file was a blank page). It didn't manage to maintain a good text format.
Summary
The simple-to-use software runs on a moderate amount of system resources, supports keyboard shortcuts, has a good response time, quickly finishes a task and didn't freeze, crash or pop up errors during our tests.
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"Unable to edit, so what is the point?"
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
None as far as I can see
Cons
"Word" document is "Read Only" and in Picture Format, so I can't fill out the form I need to fill out, it is no better than trying to fill out a PDF form. Of no use to me. The instructions for converting it from "Read Only" do not work. Very disappointed.
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"Excellent tool"
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
It enables me to edit documentsi got in pdf formats. it is good at keeping forms of original documents.
Cons
none of complaint!
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"OUTSTANDING UTILITY"
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
I work quite often between pdf files and doc files. this tool works amazingly for me. it is light, less consume RAM and compatile with my windwows 7 64-bit
Cons
i don't think of cons of this useful application
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"oustanding PDF2Doc converter"
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
i often use this utility with pdf unlocker, they work like charm! highly recommended
Cons
i like this app
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"Document came out garbled"
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
None, nada, zero. There's your ten characters.
Cons
This program couldn't distinguish between a g and a 9, an f and a t, or vi and an m. The document came out looking as if Google had translated it from Chinese. I could have retyped the whole thing in the time it would have taken me to edit the thing.
Summary
I don't know what went wrong but I've already uninstalled it.
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"no editable result"
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
none none none none
Cons
everything
Summary
it produced one image that was un-editable.
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"Great free app"
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
I am satisfied when i need to convert pdf documents to Word documents. I rather use this app than other paid app with similar features.
Cons
There is no problem.
