WD: How to Convert Adobe Acrobat 2.x PDF Documents to Word

ID: Q187700

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word for the Macintosh, versions 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.0.1a
Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
Microsoft Word for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a

SUMMARY

Microsoft Word does not directly support conversion to or from Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). PDF is the format in which documents are saved for viewing and exchange via Acrobat Reader and Acrobat Exchange for Macintosh and Windows.

MORE INFORMATION

To convert data from Adobe Acrobat 2.0 and 2.1 to Word, follow these steps:

Open your PDF document into Acrobat Reader for the Macintosh or Acrobat Reader for Windows.

Select the content of the current screen image that you want to use in Word, and click Copy on the Edit menu to copy the content to the Clipboard.

In Word, click Paste on the Edit menu.

Text pasted from Acrobat retains its character level formatting (fonts, bold, italic, underline, color, and so on). Text does not retain graphics, paragraph formatting, and other formatting when copied to the Clipboard.

If security in a particular PDF file has been set to not allow selection of text, the contents of the PDF document cannot be copied to the Clipboard for use in Word. Adobe Exchange is manufactured by Adobe Systems, a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.
For information about how to contact Adobe Systems, please query in the Knowledge Base for one or more of the following articles:

Q65416 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, A-K

Q60781 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, L-P

Q60782 Hardware and Software Third-Party Vendor Contact List, Q-Z

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbdta
Version : MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a; WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo