PDF is one of the most widely used formats today. It is usually used to read educational literature, scanned documents, photographs. But what if you need to translate PDF to Word or another text editor? There are several easy ways.
To edit the text that is located in a PDF file on a mac, you do not need special knowledge, it is enough to follow a certain algorithm. All you need to do is translate the PDF content to Word.
Google docs
Google Docs is one of the conversion methods where you can convert a PDF file using simple manipulations.
- We go to the official website Google Docs and go through the authorization;
- Next, download and select a PDF file on your computer;
- We save it in text mode: "Load as", select the desired format. Microsoft Word is the first on the list;
- We indicate the save folder on the Mac, where the saved file can be edited.
Copy text from PDF file
Sometimes text from a PDF document can be copied and transferred to a text editor. Only the external structure often deteriorates, extra spaces and symbols appear, so the text has to be cleaned manually. What do you need to copy text?
- Open the PDF file on the computer in the view mode;
- Select all the necessary text, copy it;
- Open Microsoft Word, Pages, Notepad and just paste the text there;
- To transfer all the text, you can use the key combination Ctrl + A.
Applications
To be sure, you can also use paid applications, of which there are quite a few on the market. With it, you can convert PDF files to all possible formats: DOC, DOCX, RTF, or Excel XLSX on mac OS, iOS. In this case, the Adobe application is perfect.
To use this application, you need to pay a fee of $ 24, which is enough for a year. If the user really needs to convert a large number of files, then the purchase will be very useful.
You can find paid apps with a free trial if you need a one-time conversion. Usually, developers provide programs for a week or a month. But then, if you still like the application, you will have to pay. Also, they usually have a lot of ads and other programs can be installed in parallel, so you need to track the installation process.
Extracting text
Full conversion of a document to text will allow you to fully edit its content. Automator for macOS is one of the handy apps for this purpose. It allows you to simply extract text in RTF or TXT format and transfer it to your document.
- Download the program, open it, create a new workflow;
- In the list of tasks we find "Extract PDF text", move it;
- In the dialog box, select the format: simple or formatted (RTF);
- We transfer the file and start the process. There is a button at the top of the program;
- Look carefully at the text as the application often skips letters or replaces them with other characters.
