Portable
Document Format (PDF) is the universally accepted format for sharing
documents. This format preserves the layout of the document and
blocks unwanted editing attempts on it. So it is the most secure and
reliable format for information sharing. PDF documents can be
accessed and used with any software, hardware and operating system.
One can access and read documents in this format simply by installing
free Adobe Reader. However, when it comes to the convenience
of editing, MS Word is preferred over PDF format by most of the
people. As Adobe editing tools are costlier, complex and less
popular, people usually prefer to convert PDF documents to Word so
that they can be edited easily.
Conversion of Word
Documents to PDF Format
Traditionally,
Microsoft has not been offering any tools for the conversion of Word
documents to PDF or vice versa till MS Word 2013. So, many
professional third-party tools are available for this purpose. They
mainly fall into two categories: desktop converters and online
converters.
If
you install a desktop converter on your system, you can perform the
PDF to Word conversion locally without any privacy concerns. The
conversion is usually quick. In online converters, you need to upload
the PDF document and download the Word document after the conversion
(or receive it by email). The speed depends on the tool you are
using. Before choosing any of these tools, you need to check the
quality of the resulting PDF documents. You also need to check if the
resulting Word document is editable. Other considerations are
capabilities like text conversion, image conversion, table
conversion, maximum files size permitted, OCR support and
reliability. Read more : http://www.pdftowordtool.com/
Online
converters are found to provide high quality Word documents compared
to the desktop converters. However, uploading large documents may
take a lot of time. Though many converters return the Word document
quickly, one cannot guarantee it. Also, many users are concerned
about the security of the documents that are uploaded. So, desktop
converters are more secure, reliable and faster than the online ones.
Almost all converters are good in conversion of the text content.
Whether the output Word document is editable or not depends largely
on the content of your PDF file. Other qualities like image
conversion, table conversion, maximum files size permitted, and OCR
support may vary according to the tool.
Many
PDF users conveniently use Google Docs to convert PDF documents to MS
Word. In MS Word 2013, Microsoft itself has introduced a feature-PDF
Reflow, to help users in the conversion of PDF documents to Word.
How to Convert PDF
Documents to MS Word Using PDF Reflow of MS Word 2013?
PDF
Reflow, introduced by Microsoft in Word 2013, lets you convert PDF
documents to editable Word documents. In this, the Word makes a copy
of the PDF document without altering the original PDF document.
Here
is how you can convert PDF Documents to Word in MS Word 2013:
Click
File>Open.
Choose
the location of the PDF document; click Browse.
Locate
the PDF document; click Open.
Possible Issues in PDF to
Word Conversion Using PDF Reflow
In
conversion using PDF Reflow, the resulting Word document has the same
reading order as the original PDF document. But the resulting Word
document may not have page-to-page correspondence with the original
PDF document. Sometimes pages might break in many places and
paragraphs might split in to many.
PDF
Reflow is highly reliable for the conversion of PDF documents with
text content. Though you can try it for documents with charts, images
and diagrams, likelihood of issues are there. Also, the resulting
Word document may not be editable as the Word treats such pages as
images.
If
the Word fails to detect or recognize headings, foot notes etc. of
the PDF, they will appear as regular text in the Word document. Other
elements that will cause issues are: Tables with cell spacing, Page
colors and page borders, Tracked changes, Frames, Footnotes,
Endnotes, Audio, video, and PDF active elements, PDF bookmarks, PDF
tags, PDF comments and Font effects.
Limitations of PDF Reflow
The
main limitation is that PDF Reflow is available only with MS Word
2013 version.