If you don’t subscribe to Adobe, it’s difficult to directly edit a PDF file. Especially if you don’t want to download a special program for this. You can convert a PDF file to, for example, a Word file, which makes it a lot easier to edit a document. How do you do that? We explain it for you.
By default, you probably open PDF files in your browser or in the Adobe Acrobat Reader. You do not have to take out a subscription for both options, but if you want to edit documents, you have to open your wallet. For example, you need to take out an Adobe Acrobat Pro subscription of approximately 18 euros per month. That’s a pretty high amount, especially if you only want to edit PDFs occasionally.
Converting a PDF to Word document is then a better option. You can then edit the document in Word. You can convert a PDF within the Acrobat Reader, but for this you also need a subscription, of approximately 2 euros per month.
Convert in Word
Are you looking for a free option, then Become a solution. In the text editor go to File, top left of the Ribbon. click on Open and find the PDF. You will then be notified that the PDF file is being converted into an editable Word document.
You’ll also see a warning: The document may not look exactly like the original file, especially if the original PDF contains many images. And in this area you see the big difference with Acrobat Reader. The Adobe tool can transfer everything neatly. If you think that’s important, you can still consider taking out a subscription with Adobe that only allows you to export PDFs.
Incidentally, Adobe recently also offers a browser plug-in with PDF editing options. Then you don’t have to convert anything. You can edit PDFs in your browser with this plug-in.
Convert in Google Docs
It is also possible to convert a PDF with Google Docs. You may find out that Google’s tool can convert a PDF just that little bit nicer.
Open Google Docs, for example via your Gmail inbox, and create a new document by clicking the Empty to push. Press . in the top left File and then on To open (or on ctrl+o) to open the PDF file. Click on the top left Open withafter which a drop-down menu appears.
Then click Google Docs to convert the PDF to a Docs file. Now you can make edits or convert the file from here to a Word file via File / Download / Microsoft Wordâ€
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