How to Retain PDF

Formatting When
Converting it to Word
By Amy Dombrower

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Use Adobe Acrobat to retain PDF formatting.

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is the file type used to preserve the
formatting of nearly any file and making it possible to send a document
electronically for anyone to view. PDFs are created, edited and often viewed in
Adobe Acrobat. Aside from formatting PDFs, Acrobat also will let you convert
files to other types, including Word documents and Rich Text Format files. You
must select the proper settings if you want to preserve the PDF formatting before
converting to Word.

Step 1
Open a PDF file in Adobe Acrobat.
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Step 2
Click "File." Select "Export."

Step 3
Choose "Microsoft Word Document" as the text format.

Step 4
Click "Settings."
Step 5
Make changes in "Layout Settings." The type of formatting you choose to retain
will depend on the nature of the PDF document. Click "Retain Flowing Text" to
preserve the text flow, but not the layout. Choose this option if you have multiple
columns and you want to retain the flow of the text. Click "Retain Page Layout" to
retain the layout of the document.

Step 6
Make any other settings changes as needed. Choose whether to include
comment and images. Click "OK." Click "Save" to save the file as a Word
document.

Step 7
Open the file in Microsoft Word.