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Originally Posted by HarryT
OCS is very often the best way to "convert" PDF into another format. OCS programs such as Abbey FineReader can read PDF natively, and generally produce excellent results from it.
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Actually, not to give away our Highly Classified Top Secret Sauce, but usually, we find it easier to export to XML and roll from there; PDF's html output is the dog's breakfast, even using tools like Acrobat Pro X.
FWIW. Also, IME, Abbyy does a really excellent job,
in the hands of a trained person, professional or amateur. I get Abbyy output from a number of firms, and the results vary widely; some are fabulous, some don't qualify as detritus. I have one now that makes me
cringe when I look at it--I know it will come back, post-epub production, for hundreds of post-production copyedits, even though I have urged them repeatedly to edit it in Word BEFORE they send it. {shrug}. You can lead a horse to water...
HTH,
Hitch