Portable Document Format (PDF) files are commonly used to distribute documents created with a program that may not be shared among those who will view it. Anyone with a PDF reading program, such as Adobe Reader, will be able to launch and view a PDF file. Only those with PDF writing software can edit a PDF document, which can pose a problem if someone wants to edit the document and there is no source file. You can easily convert a PDF into a Microsoft Works format by following a few simple steps.
Instructions
1. Launch the PDF document that you want to convert to Microsoft Works format. In this example, Adobe Reader is used, which is one of the most common PDF-reading programs.
2. Click once on the "Edit" drop-down menu and select the "Select All" option. This action will highlight all of the text in the PDF file.
3. Click once again on the "Edit" drop-down menu and select the "Copy" option. This action will copy the highlighted text in the PDF file to the clipboard.
4. Launch a blank "Microsoft Works Word Processor" document. When you open the program, it will automatically launch a blank document.
5. Click once on the Microsoft Works Word Processor "Edit" button and select the "Paste" option. This action will paste the text from the PDF file on the clipboard into the Word Processor document.
6. Make any formatting changes to the text in the Word Processor document to match it to the source PDF file. The text from the source PDF will copy and paste, but the formatting does not always carry over to the Microsoft Works document.
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