PDFZilla is a Windows application that converts PDF files into Word documents, HTML files, JPG images and a variety of other formats. The program usually costs $29.95, but you can now get it for free.
To get started, go to the PDFZilla website. The program is free until February 5th, so you only have a few days to get the download. It runs on Windows 2000 and more recent versions. At 6 MB, it is quite small.
When you go to the website, you will be shown a registration code. Be sure to write it down (or copy it) before you begin the installation process. Then, once installed (execute the program as administrator if you run on Vista or Windows 7), click the “Register” button and type (or paste) your code. Your software will be fully licensed and ready to use.
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Austria
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I've downloaded and it seems to be working fine. Nice tip! Thank you!
Denmark
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English to Danish
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It's my impression that good pdf conversions usually take some time so the fact that this program converts the files almost instantly is probably some kind of indica... See more
It's my impression that good pdf conversions usually take some time so the fact that this program converts the files almost instantly is probably some kind of indicator of the quality that one can expect? ▲ Collapse
Lithuania
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English to Russian
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Formatting was WAY off and there was no spacing between the words. Would take longer to try to clean up than even just typing it all out from scratch.
That's why I prefer to charge clients extra for conversion of their PDF files and pay that extra money to my DTP operate instead of wasting plenty of time myself for all these programs...
For the moment there is no program that can do conversion well enough especially on low quality scanned files or those with a complex layout.
Netherlands
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Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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I've downloaded and it seems to be working fine. Nice tip! Thank you!
Conversion to MS Word (aka RTF) isn't very good, but conversion to JPG works very well.
Denmark
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I've downloaded and it seems to be working fine. Nice tip! Thank you!
Conversion to MS Word (aka RTF) isn't very good, but conversion to JPG works very well.
True...and then what? Is there some clever way to edit JPGs?
Netherlands
Local time: 02:51
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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Conversion to MS Word (aka RTF) isn't very good, but conversion to JPG works very well.
True...and then what? Is there some clever way to edit JPGs?
No, it's just a plain JPG. How you edit it is up to you. The program just converts -- it doesn't edit.
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Russian to English
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True...and then what? Is there some clever way to edit JPGs?
The PDF converter?
Not too useful for most purposes I'd say - I tested it out on an old contract in PDF form - and it looked like shotgun pellets on a sheet of paper.
http://www.photoshop.com provide a free online process to edit JPEGs. I first registered just yesterday to crop my profile mugshot you see on the left. No need to download (and pay for) any software.
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Denmark
Local time: 02:51
English to Danish
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Conversion to MS Word (aka RTF) isn't very good, but conversion to JPG works very well.
True...and then what? Is there some clever way to edit JPGs?
No, it's just a plain JPG. How you edit it is up to you. The program just converts -- it doesn't edit.
I guess I just thought that the point of most PDF conversions (for folks around here at least) was to come up with an editable text. I doubt I will find very many instances where having a JPG file is more useful than a PDF. But if it benefits some, then great
France
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Conversion to MS Word (aka RTF) isn't very good, but conversion to JPG works very well.
True...and then what? Is there some clever way to edit JPGs?
No, it's just a plain JPG. How you edit it is up to you. The program just converts -- it doesn't edit.
I guess I just thought that the point of most PDF conversions (for folks around here at least) was to come up with an editable text. I doubt I will find very many instances where having a JPG file is more useful than a PDF. But if it benefits some, then great
My view also. Not sure a SW is needed to convert PDF to JPG, both Win and Mac OS X do it perfectly on their own if I'm not mistaken.
BTW for those who are interested, I just saw that Abby Fine Reader -that provides actual correct conversions PDF-Word(or RTF)- offers a free trial period (15 days with a max number of pages). I think it's new - at least I had not seen it before. http://finereader.abbyy.com/trial/#
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Netherlands
Local time: 02:51
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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Conversion to MS Word (aka RTF) isn't very good, but conversion to JPG works very well.
True...and then what? Is there some clever way to edit JPGs?
No, it's just a plain JPG. How you edit it is up to you. The program just converts -- it doesn't edit.
I guess I just thought that the point of most PDF conversions (for folks around here at least) was to come up with an editable text.
My view also. Not sure a SW is needed to convert PDF to JPG, both Win and Mac OS X do it perfectly on their own if I'm not mistaken.
I recently needed to convert a PDF to JPG (though I can't remember what for), and I remember that I was not able to find a utility that did it cleanly.
How would one convert PDF to JPG in Windows, Aude?
Canada
Local time: 20:51
English
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I recently needed to convert a PDF to JPG (though I can't remember what for), and I remember that I was not able to find a utility that did it cleanly.
How would one convert PDF to JPG in Windows, Aude?
The results kind of depend on things like fonts and colour. Ghostscript has (or at least used to have) problems with certain Chinese fonts (most notably MingLiU) and with the CMYK colour space. So results will vary.
Of course, if you happen to have Photoshop, you don’t really need to worry about these things since you can just use Photoshop to do the conversion.
MacOS X’s renderer looks like it has been derived from Ghostscript; as far as I can tell it also cannot handle MingLiU properly.
Bulgaria
Local time: 03:51
Member (2010)
English to Bulgarian
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Conversion to MS Word (aka RTF) isn't very good, but conversion to JPG works very well.
True...and then what? Is there some clever way to edit JPGs?
No, it's just a plain JPG. How you edit it is up to you. The program just converts -- it doesn't edit.
I guess I just thought that the point of most PDF conversions (for folks around here at least) was to come up with an editable text.
My view also. Not sure a SW is needed to convert PDF to JPG, both Win and Mac OS X do it perfectly on their own if I'm not mistaken.
I recently needed to convert a PDF to JPG (though I can't remember what for), and I remember that I was not able to find a utility that did it cleanly.
How would one convert PDF to JPG in Windows, Aude?
You could install paperless printer from http://www.rarefind.com/paperlessprinter/index.html. If you are interested, watch the demo video.
Netherlands
Local time: 02:51
Member (2006)
English to Afrikaans
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You could install paperless printer from http://www.rarefind.com/paperlessprinter/index.html. If you are interested, watch the demo video.
Thanks for the tip. However, Paperless Printer does not quite measure up. Have a look at these three JPGs created from my résumé -- one with PDFzilla, one with Paperless Printer, and one by simply taking a screenshot. With PDFzilla, I can also set the DPI, so that the JPG is bigger.
http://wikisend.com/download/642996/pdfzilla%20vs%20paperless%20printer.zip
Denmark
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English to Danish
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BTW for those who are interested, I just saw that Abby Fine Reader -that provides actual correct conversions PDF-Word(or RTF)- offers a free trial period (15 days with a max number of pages). I think it's new - at least I had not seen it before. http://finereader.abbyy.com/trial/#
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I've been wanting to try that out since I've read several positive reviews on here.
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