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question about the export from Acrobat Pro to Word

  • October 18, 2023
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Hello,

I have a PDF coming from a scan (scan made with Acrobat Pro).

If I export from Acrobat pro to Word, I see that in my exported Word document, Acrobat added some section breaks.

How to export from Acrobat Pro to Word without adding these section breaks ?

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    Correct answer jane-e

    @pierret18811376 

     

    Acrobat does not have a function that will allow you to do that. It is not a word processor. Your best bet is to do a Find and Replace in Word. Save first.

     

    Click the More button in the bottom left:

     

     

    Select Section Break. I think the code it puts in for Find What  is ^b 

     

     

     

    For Replace With, leave it blank OR choose Paragraph from the "More" menu OR anything you want.

     

    Does this work for you?

     

    Jane

     

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    pierret18811376Author
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    October 30, 2023

    Hi @S. S 

    I sent you a private message.

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    pierret18811376Author
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    October 19, 2023

    Hi Jane,

    Removing the section breaks in Word is working, but I would like to know why Acrobat added all these section breaks in the exported Word file ?  By example, in the exported Word file, most of time the text is continuous, but sometimes, I have some section breaks added by Acrobat (and if I compare exported Word file VS original PDF : in the PDF, the section break is before a page change).

    jane-e
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    jane-eCommunity Expert
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    October 19, 2023

    @pierret18811376 

     

    The "why" is a good question. I wondered the same thing and thought that maybe they were in the original Word file before it was converted to PDF. It's just a thought though — I haven't experimented yet.

     

    Jane

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    pierret18811376Author
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    October 19, 2023

    You have said : "maybe they were in the original Word file before it was converted to PDF."

    In fact, my PDF was coming from a scan (and not from a Word file).

    jane-e
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    jane-eCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    October 18, 2023

    @pierret18811376 

     

    Acrobat does not have a function that will allow you to do that. It is not a word processor. Your best bet is to do a Find and Replace in Word. Save first.

     

    Click the More button in the bottom left:

     

     

    Select Section Break. I think the code it puts in for Find What  is ^b 

     

     

     

    For Replace With, leave it blank OR choose Paragraph from the "More" menu OR anything you want.

     

    Does this work for you?

     

    Jane

     

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