CNET Editors' review
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.
Publisher's Description
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:
4.5 starsout of 65 votes
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Current version:
4.5 starsout of 65 votes
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"Handy converter."
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
The app works well with simple files that do not containt overcomplicated formatting. It handles tables quite well, too. I haven't tested it with larger files, yet. Anyway, so far so good.
Cons
Works just fine.
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"A very good one."
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
Comes in handy for the occasional OCR job at the office.
Cons
The results are quite OK, so I can't complain.
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"Good OCR tool."
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
Installs easily. Runs as described. Converts most .pdf files accurately.
Cons
It seems to have trouble with some complex documents, e.g. different page format, layouts with pictures.
Summary
Does exactly as advertised on simple .pdf files. It worked for my purposes very nicely.
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"Great little thing"
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
Works well with complex PDFs.
Cons
Works great.
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"Good converter."
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
Maintains most of the PDF's layout, doesn't mess up the content and is suprisingly sturdy for such a small application.
Cons
Nothing wrong with it.
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"Works great."
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
Very good converter.
Cons
No reason to complain.
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"Really nice app."
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
Performs well with small documents, the results are quite good, too.
Cons
Works great.
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"Very handy converter."
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
This app converts pdfs to docs in a jiffy. The results are also quite good.
Cons
Performs just fine.
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"works well for a very clean, uncomplicated .pdf"
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
It did convert one of three .pdf's to a editable .doc
Cons
Did not convert one of three at all, it ended up in the "Errors" text document in the root folder.
Did not convert one of three to an "editable" .doc which is the purpose of the software.Summary
I'm sure in some cases this program will perform great. Don't count on it to deliver every time, because it wont.
three files does not prove or disprove anything, if i find it works better in the future I will reevaluate my rating. -
"Very simple and useful converter."
Version: Free PDF to Word 1.0
Pros
Performs quite well and the results are also rather satisfyin.
Cons
I had absolutely no trouble with this software.
