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March 8, 2019
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Convert pdf to Word or Excel.

  • March 8, 2019
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I am trying to determine that if once I convert a a pdf to word or excel, will I be able to cut and past text from the converted document into a new work document.

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    Correct answer jane-e

    Hi Joe,

    Once a PDF is converted to Word or Excel, it becomes a Word or Excel file and behaves like any other file in Word or Excel. Acrobat cannot guess which of the hundreds of Excel function and nested functions may have been used and does not try, not even for Sum. Styles will not be created.

    But if you are asking, can you edit, move, format, copy and paste in a Word or Excel file, then yes. Is that what you are asking?

    Jane

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    jane-e
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    jane-eCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
    Community Expert
    March 9, 2019

    Hi Joe,

    Once a PDF is converted to Word or Excel, it becomes a Word or Excel file and behaves like any other file in Word or Excel. Acrobat cannot guess which of the hundreds of Excel function and nested functions may have been used and does not try, not even for Sum. Styles will not be created.

    But if you are asking, can you edit, move, format, copy and paste in a Word or Excel file, then yes. Is that what you are asking?

    Jane

    Bernd Alheit
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    Community Expert
    March 9, 2019

    You want paste the text in Word or Excel?