blank word doc

[bevaconstable@gmail.com]

I have a pdf doc that I want to copy some content from. So I purchased Adobe. When I export the doc to word none of the content copies across. I've check the Properties and it should allow it.

I'd really appreciate some help. I've attached the doc.

thanks very much

Bev

[Dov Isaacs]

Adobe isn't a product. Adobe Acrobat is probably the product you are referring to. That being the case, I am moving this thread to the Acrobat community.

[Dov Isaacs]

I will assume that you are trying to export the PDF file to a Microsoft Word document, correct?

I duplicated what I think you tried to do and the resultant Word document only contains the graphics, no text. Checking your original PDF file shows that whatever created the PDF file didn't use any standard Type 1 or TrueType fonts, but rather what is known as a Type 3 font. Type 3 fonts are fairly archaic and one cannot necessarily export content that is formatted with Type 3 fonts. There is no mapping between Type 3 fonts and standard ASCII or Unicode characters. Although undocumented, Acrobat offers no support for editing or saving text formatted with Type 3 fonts.

[bevaconstable@gmail.com]

oh right. Well thanks for trying Dov. I hope I can get a refund....................

[Dov Isaacs]

Found one (nasty) workaround for you.

Export the PDF file to TIFF files. Then convert the TIFF files to PDF by opening them and then combining them. Then run OCR. And finally, save as Microsoft Word. The text is then preserved. You also now have a searchable, editable PDF file.