Have you ever tried to complete a .pdf form or application? It’s really a challenge; especially now that typewriters have become a rare commodity. To tell you the truth, I finally broke down and paid for a program that will convert .pdf files to Word format. Imagine my surprise when I came across several free online conversion tools. I will still use the conversion program I purchased because what the heck I already shelled out some substantial money for the product. I wish I had known about these products sooner!
PDF Filler – as I mentioned earlier in this post filling in forms can be a bother when you are working with .PDF files. Usually you print them and then type or write to fill in the forms. Or…you buy a program that gives you the ability to fill in forms. Well, now I am really depressed because while researching and reviewing sites for this post I just discovered this marvelous free tool that makes it very simple to complete .PDF forms. I actually prefer this product to the one I just spent way too much money on! Save yourself a considerable amount of change and check out PDF Filler. I was really impressed with the easy upload process and interface!
PDFescape – this is a free, online PDF reader, editor, form filler, & form designer. It can be used to quickly and easily fill out .PDF forms and does not require downloads, installations, or registration. With PDFescape, you can fill in PDF forms, add text and graphics, add links, and even add new form fields to a PDF file. This is a product that could be used if you wanted to develop a PDF form for students, parents, or customers to complete and email back to you. I did not like the form-filling function as well as PDF Filler, but it did the job and there are many excellent functions available when you use this free online product. Try it and let me know what you think.
PDF Hammer – quickly and easily rearrange the pages of your PDF files online without installing a thing! Simply upload PDF files to PDF Hammer via your web browser, perform your edits, and then save the files back to your computer. The online editor allows you to view the pages of your PDF files as you edit them. The free PDF editor lets you:
- Combine PDF. Create single, polished PDF documents by merging multiple files
- Edit PDF pages. Quickly rearrange, reorder, and delete the pages from existing PDF files.
- Secure PDF. Protect the contents of PDF files with password-based security.
- Update PDF metadata. Make PDF files more useful and usable by setting the document information (metadata) fields, including author, title, subject, and keywords.
Convert .pdf to Word – this Web 2.0 conversion tool is part of a free suite of conversion tools. I tried several different forms/applications to test the free online .pdf to Word conversion tool with fairly good results. Keep in mind that when you convert a form with this product you will need to add Word text boxes to fill in the form. The conversion process was quick and simple and all conversions occurred online without the use of an email address. The suite also allows you to convert…
- text to .PDF
- .PDF to text
- .PDF to image (.jpg)
- .PDF to .html
The screenshot below links to the conversion site. Note the additional conversion options that can be found at the top of the webpage when you link to the site.
I also discovered three additional outstanding conversion tools that I charted so that you could easily choose a free online product that could be used to convert your files to or from .PDF. Use the site logo’s below to quickly access the conversion programs:
Other Programs that convert documents to .PDF include…
- Expresspdf - converts Web pages, Microsoft Word documents and Microsoft Excel documents to PDF documents.
- pdfonline – converts Web pages, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Works to PDF documents.
- HTM2PDF – convert webpages or raw html code into PDF documents
- Kinati to PDF converter – converts numerous file formats to PDF, but incorporates a watermark for their product on the output. Also, there is a 15 MB per file size limit for the free trial conversions.
- Lettos – converts .DOC, XLS, and PPT to PDF
- PDF-o-matic – converts webpages to .PDF
- PDF4U – converts Word, PowerPoint, and Postscript documents to PDF. File size should be 30K or less to take advantage of the free conversion service.
- PrimoOnline – converts documents and images to PDF files. Supports conversion of more than 300 file formats and files up to 5MB in size.
- RSS 2 PDF – Free Online RSS, Atom or OPML to PDF Generator
Another Program that converts .PDF to other file fomats is…
- Nitro PDF software – convert .PDF to .RTF or .DOC (Word)
Thank you for these useful tips. I would like to recommend one more way to convert from PDF to Word format: using PDF Converter – http://www.pdftodocconverterpro.com
With this program, you can convert the PDF file to Word or Excel, edit it, and then convert back to PDF if needed. It is very quick and easy and they also have a completely free version that does not expire.
Great, thanks for sharing, have you tried AnyBizSoft PDF to Word converter? That’s awesome! The output quality is pretty good, even restricted PDF can be converted. Have a try.
Hi, Thanks for sharing. However, none of the conversion tools mentioned above can solve my problem, which is converting from no copy pdfs.
After searching in google, i found a good tool to convert pdf to word. That is anybizsoft pdf to word converter. It supports conversion of encrypted PDF files to word.
You may have a try:
http://www.anypdftools.com/pdf-to-word.html#153
Hi Anna,
Thank you for sharing. I generally do not recommend any programs that need to downloaded/installed because most teachers do not have the ability to do that in the school environment, but this appears to be a good program to install on a home computer. As for converting from no copy pdfs…I believe there could be some copyright issues involved, but I leave that to your discretion. Thanks again for sharing!
Jen
This must be quite a good little program…you are the second person to mention it! Thanks for sharing.
Jen
Thanks for sharing. I also want to share a amazing tool of converting pdf to word document using Adreasoft PDF to Word Converter. It supports protected PDF conversion, and the output quality is pretty good. Not many PDF converters support this function.
I do so appreciate it when people share additional resources! Thank you!
Jen
Thanks for the suggestion. Readers should note that this is software that is purchase. I rarely review items that require payment. For the most part, I’m all about the free!