Print to Word

[Guest Jason]

Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

 

Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual printer)?

Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free converters.

[Guest Mike Hall - MVP]

Re: Print to Word

 

"Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>

> Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual

> printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free

> converters.

>

 

 

PDF converter

 

PrimoPDF or CutePDF

 

 

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[Guest EncinoMan]

Re: Print to Word

 

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:48:04 +1300, "Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com>

wrote:

>Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>

>Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual printer)?

>Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free converters.

>

Why ask here? Neither of these question have anything to do with XP.

 

Ask elsewhere

[Guest Alan Edwards]

Re: Print to Word

 

There were a couple of threads about 10 days ago in the Office group

where someone asked similar. The consensus seemed to be that there was

nothing like a ".doc" printer. The thread are here:

http://groups.google.com.au/groups?q=office+public+microsoft+print+shrikant

 

....Alan

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http://dts-l.com/index.htm

 

 

 

 

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:48:04 +1300, in

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, "Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com>

wrote:

>Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>

>Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual printer)?

>Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free converters.

>

[Guest Jason]

Re: Print to Word

 

Sorry, don't need you help?

"EncinoMan" <none@nobody.net> wrote in message

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> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:48:04 +1300, "Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com>

> wrote:

>

>>Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>>

>>Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual

>>printer)?

>>Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free converters.

>>

> Why ask here? Neither of these question have anything to do with XP.

>

> Ask elsewhere

[Guest Jason]

Re: Print to Word

 

Actually it is an XP Pro PC with various software.

"EncinoMan" <none@nobody.net> wrote in message

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> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:48:04 +1300, "Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com>

> wrote:

>

>>Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>>

>>Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual

>>printer)?

>>Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free converters.

>>

> Why ask here? Neither of these question have anything to do with XP.

>

> Ask elsewhere

[Guest Jason]

Re: Print to Word

 

Thanks,

 

I'll see what I can find out about then. I thought Primo and Cute were PDF

print drivers and they didn't come up in the searches.

"Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@remove_mvps.com> wrote in message

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> "Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:eh281rzKJHA.5328@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>>

>> Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual

>> printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free

>> converters.

>>

>

>

> PDF converter

>

> PrimoPDF or CutePDF

>

>

> --

> Mike Hall - MVP

> How to construct a good post..

> http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm

> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..

> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=newswhelp&style=toc

> Mike's Window - My Blog..

> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

>

>

>

>

[Guest Gerry]

Re: Print to Word

 

Alan

 

http://www.primopdf.com/

 

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Regards.

 

Gerry

~~~~

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Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

 

Alan Edwards wrote:

> There were a couple of threads about 10 days ago in the Office group

> where someone asked similar. The consensus seemed to be that there was

> nothing like a ".doc" printer. The thread are here:

> http://groups.google.com.au/groups?q=office+public+microsoft+print+shrikant

>

> ...Alan

>

>> Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>>

>> Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual

>> printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free

>> converters.

[Guest Gerry]

Re: Print to Word

 

Jason

 

http://www.primopdf.com/

 

--

 

 

 

Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Jason wrote:

> Thanks,

>

> I'll see what I can find out about then. I thought Primo and Cute

> were PDF print drivers and they didn't come up in the searches.

> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@remove_mvps.com> wrote in message

> news:OqjQ$n0KJHA.4452@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> "Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:eh281rzKJHA.5328@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>>>

>>> Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual

>>> printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free

>>> converters.

>>>

>>

>>

>> PDF converter

>>

>> PrimoPDF or CutePDF

>>

>>

>> --

>> Mike Hall - MVP

>> How to construct a good post..

>> http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm

>> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..

>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=newswhelp&style=toc

>> Mike's Window - My Blog..

>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

[Guest Alan Edwards]

Re: Print to Word

 

Gerry

 

Absolutely nothing to do with the question I replied to.

 

 

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:49:49 +0100, in

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote:

 

....Alan

--

Alan Edwards, MS MVP Windows - Internet Explorer

http://dts-l.com/index.htm

 

>Alan

>

>http://www.primopdf.com/

>

>--

>Regards.

>

>Gerry

>

>

>Alan Edwards wrote:

>> There were a couple of threads about 10 days ago in the Office group

>> where someone asked similar. The consensus seemed to be that there was

>> nothing like a ".doc" printer. The thread are here:

>> http://groups.google.com.au/groups?q=office+public+microsoft+print+shrikant

>>

>> ...Alan

>>

>>> Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>>>

>>> Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual

>>> printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free

>>> converters.

>

[Guest Gerry]

Re: Print to Word

 

Alan

 

From the link I posted under Features:

Convert PDF to Microsoft Word, RTF, text, and images.

 

--

Regards.

 

Gerry

~~~~

FCA

Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

 

Alan Edwards wrote:

> Gerry

>

> Absolutely nothing to do with the question I replied to.

>

>

> On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:49:49 +0100, in

> microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote:

>

> ...Alan

>

>> Alan

>>

>> http://www.primopdf.com/

>>

>> --

>> Regards.

>>

>> Gerry

>

>>

>>

>> Alan Edwards wrote:

>>> There were a couple of threads about 10 days ago in the Office group

>>> where someone asked similar. The consensus seemed to be that there

>>> was nothing like a ".doc" printer. The thread are here:

>>> http://groups.google.com.au/groups?q=office+public+microsoft+print+shrikant

>>>

>>> ...Alan

>>>

>>>> Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>>>>

>>>> Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual

>>>> printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found

>>>> free converters.

[Guest Alan Edwards]

Re: Print to Word

 

I am aware of that but I did NOT answer that question.

I only answered the prime question on a Word printer.

I repeat:

 

Absolutely nothing to do with the question I replied to.

 

On Sat, 11 Oct 2008 11:22:42 +0100, in

microsoft.public.windowsxp.general, "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote:

>Alan

>

>From the link I posted under Features:

>Convert PDF to Microsoft Word, RTF, text, and images.

>

>--

>Regards.

>

>Gerry

>

>Alan Edwards wrote:

>> Gerry

>>

>> Absolutely nothing to do with the question I replied to.

[Guest Mike Hall - MVP]

Re: Print to Word

 

"Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Thanks,

>

> I'll see what I can find out about then. I thought Primo and Cute were PDF

> print drivers and they didn't come up in the searches.

> "Mike Hall - MVP" <mikehall@remove_mvps.com> wrote in message

> news:OqjQ$n0KJHA.4452@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> "Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:eh281rzKJHA.5328@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>>>

>>> Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual

>>> printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free

>>> converters.

>>>

>>

>>

>> PDF converter

>>

>> PrimoPDF or CutePDF

>>

>>

>> --

>> Mike Hall - MVP

>> How to construct a good post..

>> http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm

>> How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..

>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=newswhelp&style=toc

>> Mike's Window - My Blog..

>> http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

>>

>>

>>

>>

>

>

 

 

I may have misunderstood.

 

You want something that will create an editable document out of a PDF file?

 

http://www.hellopdf.com/

 

--

Mike Hall - MVP

How to construct a good post..

http://dts-l.com/goodpost.htm

How to use the Microsoft Product Support Newsgroups..

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=newswhelp&style=toc

Mike's Window - My Blog..

http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Print to Word

 

 

"Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>

> Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual

> printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free

> converters.

 

Word isn't a printer and so you can't print to it. Are you actually

looking for a format converter? Your question is not clear (and no, it

doesn't have anything to do with XP).

 

PDF to doc converters - there is a large dependency on the source material.

If the original PDF source is a scan, the PDF contains an image, not text.

The same problem arises with trying to use a fax image.

 

Acrobat (not the Reader, IIRC) does contain some text recognition routines

(called OCR) that can convert these images to text, though it's never a good

idea to rely solely on this; you must do a word for word proofread. OCR

is a complex process and is very seldom free, as the programs that offer it

frequently incorporate licensed software.

 

 

HTH

-pk

[Guest Jason]

Re: Print to Word

 

To clarify: to print to .doc file that is used by MS Word. Like pdf955 that

can print to .pdf file but can't be opened in MS Word therefore can not be

edited at a later date.

"Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message

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>

> "Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:eh281rzKJHA.5328@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>>

>> Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual

>> printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free

>> converters.

>

> Word isn't a printer and so you can't print to it. Are you actually

> looking for a format converter? Your question is not clear (and no, it

> doesn't have anything to do with XP).

>

> PDF to doc converters - there is a large dependency on the source

> material. If the original PDF source is a scan, the PDF contains an image,

> not text. The same problem arises with trying to use a fax image.

>

> Acrobat (not the Reader, IIRC) does contain some text recognition routines

> (called OCR) that can convert these images to text, though it's never a

> good idea to rely solely on this; you must do a word for word proofread.

> OCR is a complex process and is very seldom free, as the programs that

> offer it frequently incorporate licensed software.

>

>

> HTH

> -pk

[Guest Bill Sharpe]

Re: Print to Word

 

Jason wrote:

> To clarify: to print to .doc file that is used by MS Word. Like pdf955 that

> can print to .pdf file but can't be opened in MS Word therefore can not be

> edited at a later date.

 

Need further clarification. What application are you starting with? You

can't print to a DOC file, but in some applications you may be able to

save a file as a DOC file. OpenOffice.org comes to mind. My guess is

that you need an OCR program to accomplish your objective.

 

Bill

[Guest Panic]

Re: Print to Word

 

Why don't you just open your application, select all; copy. Open Word,

paste.

 

"Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message

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>

> "Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:eh281rzKJHA.5328@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>>

>> Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual

>> printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free

>> converters.

>

> Word isn't a printer and so you can't print to it. Are you actually

> looking for a format converter? Your question is not clear (and no, it

> doesn't have anything to do with XP).

>

> PDF to doc converters - there is a large dependency on the source

> material. If the original PDF source is a scan, the PDF contains an image,

> not text. The same problem arises with trying to use a fax image.

>

> Acrobat (not the Reader, IIRC) does contain some text recognition routines

> (called OCR) that can convert these images to text, though it's never a

> good idea to rely solely on this; you must do a word for word proofread.

> OCR is a complex process and is very seldom free, as the programs that

> offer it frequently incorporate licensed software.

>

>

> HTH

> -pk

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Print to Word

 

 

"Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> To clarify: to print to .doc file that is used by MS Word. Like pdf955

> that can print to .pdf file but can't be opened in MS Word therefore can

> not be edited at a later date.

 

Of course not, because PDF files aren't intended to be particularly

editable. The PDF format is intended to provide a consistent appearance

for compound documents, containing words, charts, tables, images, etc.

regardless of platform. It isn't intended to be an editable file any more

than a JPEG is.

 

To edit PDF files after they are created, you need something like Acrobat,

not reader, just as you need an image editor to edit JPEG files.

 

Word isn't a PDF editor.

 

What you can sometimes do, depending on the options chosen by the person who

created the PDF, and which may give results that are not particularly

helpful, is highlight the text in the PDF, then choose Copy and Paste into a

Word doc or text file. Expect to lose most if not all formatting.

 

HTH

-pk

 

> "Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message

> news:eZEVij8KJHA.4452@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>

>> "Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

>> news:eh281rzKJHA.5328@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>> Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>>>

>>> Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual

>>> printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free

>>> converters.

>>

>> Word isn't a printer and so you can't print to it. Are you actually

>> looking for a format converter? Your question is not clear (and no, it

>> doesn't have anything to do with XP).

>>

>> PDF to doc converters - there is a large dependency on the source

>> material. If the original PDF source is a scan, the PDF contains an

>> image, not text. The same problem arises with trying to use a fax image.

>>

>> Acrobat (not the Reader, IIRC) does contain some text recognition

>> routines (called OCR) that can convert these images to text, though it's

>> never a good idea to rely solely on this; you must do a word for word

>> proofread. OCR is a complex process and is very seldom free, as the

>> programs that offer it frequently incorporate licensed software.

>>

>>

>> HTH

>> -pk

>

>

[Guest Jason]

Re: Print to Word

 

Can not copy from PDF files - won't select text. Like you say it's best to

get hold of the original file and keep the ones we create. Also I may use

the html format instead of the PDF format.

 

"Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message

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>

> "Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

> news:uxGRah$KJHA.4452@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>> To clarify: to print to .doc file that is used by MS Word. Like pdf955

>> that can print to .pdf file but can't be opened in MS Word therefore can

>> not be edited at a later date.

>

> Of course not, because PDF files aren't intended to be particularly

> editable. The PDF format is intended to provide a consistent appearance

> for compound documents, containing words, charts, tables, images, etc.

> regardless of platform. It isn't intended to be an editable file any

> more than a JPEG is.

>

> To edit PDF files after they are created, you need something like Acrobat,

> not reader, just as you need an image editor to edit JPEG files.

>

> Word isn't a PDF editor.

>

> What you can sometimes do, depending on the options chosen by the person

> who created the PDF, and which may give results that are not particularly

> helpful, is highlight the text in the PDF, then choose Copy and Paste into

> a Word doc or text file. Expect to lose most if not all formatting.

>

> HTH

> -pk

>

>

>> "Patrick Keenan" <test@dev.null> wrote in message

>> news:eZEVij8KJHA.4452@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>>>

>>> "Jason" <JAllen@Hotmail.com> wrote in message

>>> news:eh281rzKJHA.5328@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>>>> Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>>>>

>>>> Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual

>>>> printer)? Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free

>>>> converters.

>>>

>>> Word isn't a printer and so you can't print to it. Are you actually

>>> looking for a format converter? Your question is not clear (and no, it

>>> doesn't have anything to do with XP).

>>>

>>> PDF to doc converters - there is a large dependency on the source

>>> material. If the original PDF source is a scan, the PDF contains an

>>> image, not text. The same problem arises with trying to use a fax image.

>>>

>>> Acrobat (not the Reader, IIRC) does contain some text recognition

>>> routines (called OCR) that can convert these images to text, though it's

>>> never a good idea to rely solely on this; you must do a word for word

>>> proofread. OCR is a complex process and is very seldom free, as the

>>> programs that offer it frequently incorporate licensed software.

>>>

>>>

>>> HTH

>>> -pk

>>

>>

>

[Guest C.Joseph Drayton]

Re: Print to Word

 

Jason wrote:

> Tried searching on the web but found nothing for printing.

>

> Is there a way to print from an application to Word (like virtual printer)?

> Also looking for PDF to word converter. Haven't found free converters.

>

>

Paperless Printer

(http://www.rarefind.com/paperlessprinter/downloads.html)

will print to DOC format. Note that paperless Printer is

shareware NOT freeware. Paperless Printer will print to the

following formats;

 

Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF)

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML)

Microsoft Word Format (DOC)

Microsoft Excel Format (XLS)

JPEG

BMP

 

Sincerely,

C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T

 

CSD Computer Services

 

Web site: http://csdcs.itgo.com/

E-mail: cjoseph@csdcs.itgo.com