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Posted 03 November 2008 - 03:09 PM

I am looking for a free (if possible) software solution that will allow me to convert PDF forms to TEXT. I have tried Office 2008 without success. I am using 10.5.5.
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Posted 03 November 2008 - 08:26 PM

What are you trying to do? Have you tried Select All then Copy and Paste into your text application of choice?
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Posted 04 November 2008 - 03:56 AM

There are times I need to fill out forms which are in the PDF format. Instead of printing them out, filling them out in pen, scanning them back in, and then emailing them, I would like to copy them into Word or Textedit and emailing them. Saves a lot of time.
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Posted 06 November 2008 - 05:11 AM

I use a application called PDFpen, it is not free, I think it was around $30.00
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Posted 06 November 2008 - 05:18 AM

I have it but find it cumbersome to use. I discovered that I can save a PDF as rich Text. I lose some formatting and not always the best way to go.. Pdf Pen does work though. Thanks.
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