Exporting PDF to Word with Acrobat 8 - Does this work?

[psmithbiomax@adobeforums.com]

Here is how we get Adobe 8 PDFs to WORD.. a few 'too many steps' but does work and gives pretty good outcome... (we agree Adobe needs to work further on this issue).

1. In Adobe - Recognize the text- to get it out of the 'image'.
2. EXPORT, MORE FORMATS, TXT ACCESSIBLE
3. Save As PLAIN txt
4. Open Word
5. Open file using PLAIN txt

In Word you may need to use RE-FLOW to get rid any extra paragraph
signs at the end of each 'line'.

Of course you can also: select all, copy all.. then in word, paste all, using the paste bottle and reflow. Depending on design of PDF, one can work better than other.
Good Luck!!!
Patti

[jonf@adobeforums.com]

< Frankly, I don't really give a lot of thought to employers who refuse PDFs for graphic design positions. It's like asking me to retouch a photo using MacPaint.>

A resume is a document, not a design sample. A lot of employers do not want "designed" resumes at all. They want simple searchable text resumes. Even using special formatting features in Word can mess up their processes. HR departments could care less how pretty it is, all they want is data. You'll need to impress the design manager at the interview, after HR has passed it on. Even the hiring manager may find a highly designed resume to be annoying and difficult to read.

Of course if that's not where you want to work, that's up to you, but you might be turning down excellent design positions by insisting they accept things your way instead of doing things their way! ;-)