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Turn Pesky PDFs Into Word Docs

by Jon Chase on November 17, 2009 at 06:29 AM


Believe it or not, you can take the pain-in-the-ass out of PDFs. Though most PDFs can't be edited, there is one freebie workaround if you're in a pinch. Go to pdftoword.com, upload your PDF, and enter the format to which you'd like it converted. Within an hour or two, you'll get an e-mail containing a regular old Word or RTF file that you can fully edit. If you're in a hurry, the site offers a pro software version that lets you do PDF conversion on your own computer.

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