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DSpider · 04-09-2011, 05:10 PM

Jellby, actually it depends. Though most PDFs are just a collection of objects that have a fixed position on the page, if the PDF was saved as a tagged PDF, then it can reflow. And it would've definitely taken care of bold and italics problem.

Also, 155 pages is a breeze, trust me. I had to work with 400+ pages, and it took me 3 days to properly format it. So put on some good music during it and you'll survive.

Have you tried selecting the text and copy-pasting it into Word ? I found that it keeps formatting even from web pages.

04-09-2011, 05:10 PM	#4
DSpider Evangelist Posts: 450 Karma: 343115 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Romania Device: PW2 2014	Jellby, actually it depends. Though most PDFs are just a collection of objects that have a fixed position on the page, if the PDF was saved as a tagged PDF, then it can reflow. And it would've definitely taken care of bold and italics problem. Also, 155 pages is a breeze, trust me. I had to work with 400+ pages, and it took me 3 days to properly format it. So put on some good music during it and you'll survive. Have you tried selecting the text and copy-pasting it into Word ? I found that it keeps formatting even from web pages.