Converting a PDF file to MS Publisher

[RC]

I have adobe acrobat version 5.0. I have a PDF file I want to drop into and manipulate (size) into a publisher file. I am using windows XP. Is there a way to do this? I think I can convert to a eps or ps file but don't have much knowledge there.
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks
Rob

 

[JoAnn Paules]

You'd need something that can covert a .pdf file to something else. Acrobat goes the other direction. I use ScanSoft's PDF Converter but the results in Publisher are really iffy at best. It's usually easier to start from scratch, IMHO.

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I have adobe acrobat version 5.0. I have a PDF file I want to drop into and manipulate (size) into a publisher file. I am using windows XP. Is there a way to do this? I think I can convert to a eps or ps file but don't have much knowledge there.
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks
Rob

 

[Charles W Davis]

Adobe Acrobat Pro 8 does a reasonably good job. Highly complicated documents can be problematic. However, I usually have it convert to a file, then remove all formatting and place it in whatever program that I intend to use.
You'd need something that can covert a .pdf file to something else. Acrobat goes the other direction. I use ScanSoft's PDF Converter but the results in Publisher are really iffy at best. It's usually easier to start from scratch, IMHO.

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JoAnn Paules
Microsoft MVP - Publisher

How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555375



I have adobe acrobat version 5.0. I have a PDF file I want to drop into and manipulate (size) into a publisher file. I am using windows XP. Is there a way to do this? I think I can convert to a eps or ps file but don't have much knowledge there.
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks
Rob

 

[Mary Sauer]

Ed Bennett has a tutorial here
Converting PDF Files
So that they can be imported into Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/convertpdf

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Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
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I have adobe acrobat version 5.0. I have a PDF file I want to drop into and
manipulate (size) into a publisher file. I am using windows XP. Is there a way
to do this? I think I can convert to a eps or ps file but don't have much
knowledge there.
Any input would be appreciated.
Thanks
Rob

 

[Ed Bennett]

Ed Bennett has a tutorial here
Converting PDF Files
So that they can be imported into Publisher
http://ed.mvps.org/Static.aspx?=Publisher/convertpdf

Although be aware that that does not allow any editing of the content
(save for resizing the entire thing as a single unit)

 

[RC]

Thanks folks, what I should have told you I am trying to do is drop my
business card into a brochure which could be a simple cut and past but not
with a pdf. There will be a sizing issue as well and starting from scratch
is not an option as there are a lot of graphics. The original was also done
on a mac platform, probable Illustrator or whatever else they use.....

Do you think the tutorials will work with that challenge?

Thanks again, Rob

 

[Mary Sauer]

But it does allow for the saving the images. Text recovery can be achieved with
Document Imaging and OCR.

 

[Ed Bennett]

But it does allow for the saving the images. Text recovery can be achieved with
Document Imaging and OCR.

Or copy and paste, if it's a properly-made PDF.

 

[Ed Bennett]

Thanks folks, what I should have told you I am trying to do is drop my
business card into a brochure which could be a simple cut and past but not
with a pdf. There will be a sizing issue as well and starting from scratch
is not an option as there are a lot of graphics. The original was also done
on a mac platform, probable Illustrator or whatever else they use.....

Do you think the tutorials will work with that challenge?

The tutorials basically do the same as Saving As a PNG image file at
300dpi from Acrobat. Not sure whether Acrobat 5 could do that, but think
it could.