Thank you! After coming across 10-15 videos that were all marketing products to do this, i found your video that was straight to the point, easy, free, super logical, and effective. Amazing
@liseberry
11 жыл бұрын
Fabulous! When I converted a PDF that contained images, the resulting formatting was a mess. But when I converted a text only PDF, the resulting WORD doc was perfect. Thank you - beautifully done!
@punainenpaholainen
7 жыл бұрын
You really saved my time and nerves, thank you a lot!!! Instead of the arrogant shakycamera style we all sometimes bump into, we get here a matter of fact but friendly, visually and excellent presentation with clear speech. You set an example.
@onecommunityorg
11 жыл бұрын
Alfred: I had the same problem and then went and watched the video again just to be sure I did everything right. The only thing I could find that I did different was forgetting to click the PDF on the left and THEN drag and drop the "extract PDF text" option to the field as she describes. Doing this fixed my problem... I have no idea why but then it worked. THANK YOU POSTER!
@laurieraz-astrakhan5519
9 жыл бұрын
This didn't work for me. I scanned a document as a text pdf document and followed the instructions. The RTF was blank, as was the Word document when I dragged the RTF onto Word.
@virendra99au
9 жыл бұрын
Laurie Raz-Astrakhan yes it does not work for Scanned pdf but its work for all other PDF file.
This works only if you are converting text. It does not convert pdf image to word. That is why it is blank.
@tuahar1117
10 жыл бұрын
thank you for ur feedback. is there anyway to convert pdf image to word using this automator?
@ShadowNTheWillow
9 жыл бұрын
I was trying to convert a file for the longest time from my Chrome OS System... It didn't work in the correct format that I needed for my online class so I converted it to PDF and downloaded through my email and used my Mac to save my assignment haha. Good vid, wish I had known this a long time ago; probably would have saved me a few grey hairs.
@SAVAGEcorpsman
9 жыл бұрын
Awesome video! No need to download any junk or unnecessary apps. Simply do it from your own app. I feel like an app creator now!
@SupraBoom
9 жыл бұрын
Your are really a life saver my hero lol, I had 28 pages to do but I got it done because of you in seconds. Thank you soooo much!!!
@tammyholloway3173
7 жыл бұрын
I have tried to do this for YEARS! You are a rockstar! Thank you so much!
@MEDspiration
8 жыл бұрын
First of all, your accent is fantastic. Second, you just made my day by teaching me this lol. THANK YOU & God bless you
@telexbitleader6736
7 жыл бұрын
IT WORKS GOOD thank you. I had to look for the one that I just converted for it to work. I thought it was not working but when I found the copy that was just converted and dropped it in Word, it worked well THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN.
@chili990
11 жыл бұрын
It worked great for me. Pictures and tables will not convert of course, only text. Be sure to click on the new converted file to open in Rich Text Format, or drag it to Word to open in Word.
@juliamhayes
11 жыл бұрын
This is one of the best how-to videos I've seen. Thank you so much. It worked perfectly. I did not have the same problem as Kevin below. When I dropped the .rtf document on to Word it opened well. Just a little formatting work needed on the para headings.
@TheAstrojoe62
12 жыл бұрын
Thank you you saved me a lot of head aches and wasted time. To those that are having problems double check that the pdf you want to convert isn't a bit map image from a scanner. This won't convert that type of file. You will need to run those through OCR (Optical Character Reading) which Acrobat can do all by itself and export to RTF from Acrobat.
@ninadiaz6261
3 жыл бұрын
I have been looking for hours on how to fix a pdf and this helped me immensely! Thank you so much
@kevinbaaske2955
8 жыл бұрын
I have a MacBook Pro and MS Word 2013. Like many others, I got a blank page when following the directions you provided. It was such a clear video that I hope you will figure out a new process or what changed. Looking forward to more info from you! Thanks for what you posted.
@heatherparnell3174
8 жыл бұрын
Sorry... I went through all these steps... but the rtf document and thus, the Word document was completely blank.
@vtothegaintnothing
7 жыл бұрын
same
@AmandaMariesLibrary
9 жыл бұрын
omg! thank you so much! i need this for college and am ALWAYS printing documents and could never figure out how to open it with word. Life saver! loved this!
@hasanainmohammadismael4540
4 жыл бұрын
whatsHello, how are you? Please send me a WhatsApp program, and this is my number 07810451002
@MarkGibsonrmarkgibson
10 жыл бұрын
Absolutely magic, thank you. Simple conversion of .pdf to word on Mac. I followed along each step in the video and it worked perfectly and preserved formats, so thank you so much.
@besilverman
11 жыл бұрын
I knew the Mac rocked - once again you proved that right
@ma1bear1
8 жыл бұрын
Too bad other posters aren't as smart as you! I'm very glad I opened yours first. So quick and easy. Thank you.
@dickthegeek5083
11 жыл бұрын
OMG! I've been looking at apps to do this for at least two years .... nothing works on the scripts I want to edit. They couldn't handle column formats. This works using PAGES, BTW, where I can replace colons with tabs and get those columns. Many thanks! You're the best!
@blacktosa6068
7 жыл бұрын
Tks but on the process images were not imported, just text... How can i import also images and save it back again as PDF ?
@erlkoenigmusik
10 жыл бұрын
Thank you ever so much! I Was searching for a solution for a long time - they all were either very expensive or did not work at all. With your excellent guidance even I, being a enthusiastic computer-idiot, could make it. Not right away, I confess: I though for a while that I - again - could not do it, but the next morning, Oh wonder, there was this little robot on my desktop. Clicking on it, there was a file. And this opened to a "word"-document. Simply GREAT! PLUS: I LOVE YOUR ADORABLE ACCENT.
@profas1592
10 жыл бұрын
I have been looking for this for ages. Excellent clear instructions- and it works!!
@mariaaragon2305
6 жыл бұрын
Even tho it didnt work for me as i was trying to convert a scanned PDF into word, i loved your video (and also your accent). You rock!
@Sheemaa17
3 жыл бұрын
I was thinking, would a 9 years video help me?? Guess what It absolutely did help and work as magic!! though pics wouldn’t show but I am pleased I can type in and edit. Big thank you 🙏🏽
@respiess
10 жыл бұрын
when I open the automator, then select the application, there isn't anything on the far left column to choose PDF from? I see your video shows it under library but my shows nothing? How can I get it to show up?
@madisongipe8324
10 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I couldn't follow the written instructions but your audio instructions were sooooo helpful!
@fallard
10 жыл бұрын
Format of the pdf document not preserved in the RTF document as seen by either preview or word! My system is Yosemite 10.10
@nasimn.5342
10 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this video! It made my day. :-) I was looking for a pdf 2 word converter half a day and nothing really worked out. Your video is grand! And now I made my own 'App' :-)
@tamikamaye6784
9 жыл бұрын
Hello. I got stuck after I dragged my PDF file to the PDF to word ap that I created because it didn't automatically create the next file. The PDF to word ap I saved to the desk top didn't show up on the desk top I tried to recrate it, but I was told it already existed so I searched for it and found it. However when I searched for the next file, I don't see it. I'm using the laptop under "user" and I'm not sure if that makes any difference.
@CaliforniaGoodTimes
7 жыл бұрын
Very well done. I had no idea that my MAC had the Automator program. I now need to know other uses for the Automator. This worked perfect.
@imranjaffery5857
9 жыл бұрын
this app did not work in my case :( i use mac osx yosemite 10.10. once you insert file in word app it comes up as white page . i thought i saved some money but now going to buy a software
@MrJoshelsey
9 жыл бұрын
I'm on my mac book pro laptop and it doesn't have word document, what would i do then? i have an acer as well but i work off of my mac book, could make it a pdf on my other laptop and not need to worry about doing all this with the automator?
@tertius1951
9 жыл бұрын
Absolutely brilliant! Thank you! I am a bit of a technophobe and normally this kind of thing would be a nightmare, but you made it all so easy and clear!
@durayphilip7061
9 жыл бұрын
hello. I was wondering if you can help me out. When I dragged the .rtf file to word, the file is not automatically changes into .doc file. Can you help me to solve this problem? Thanks in advance!
@tadamcochran
12 жыл бұрын
I love your accent! Sounds mostly British with a little bit of Spanish. Thanks for the video. Very helpful. :)
@geraintedwards7481
8 жыл бұрын
You are a wonderful human being. Thank you very much. This has saved me a lot of trouble... and typing
@williamjmessettiii6524
9 жыл бұрын
June 13 I followed the instructions on my MacBook Pro (using MS Word 14.5.1). It went as video except nothing happened when I put the rtf doc on top of Word. What did I do wrong? Tks.
@playlax12
8 жыл бұрын
Hello, trying this but when dragging into the word, it's just blank. Any thoughts anyone?
@Dakppatel
10 жыл бұрын
Hello Ximena all went well until i tried to drag the etc document to word unfortunately nothing happened just got a blank page. Guess I am doing something incorrect.
@lindasutton8142
9 жыл бұрын
A friend sent this to me as a way to get pdf's to be able to post onto Facebook. I'm stuck at the first instruction as my MAC does not have the Automator in the list. Nor can I find it in system preferences. ???
@Venziocastro
8 жыл бұрын
Im trying to edit a bill which is saved as a PDF fill on my desk top. I followed these steps. The text converted great. I need the whole page to convert not just the text. How can I do this?
@denlaw1217
11 жыл бұрын
CineMiamiParis: One reason you may be getting blank pages is that the pdf you are trying to convert was a scanned document versus being created in or saved in pdf format. Scanning a document in pdf creates an image so there is no text to extract. I tried this and was able to save Word as a pdf and convert it back to Word using this App. The only solution I know of to convert an image is Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software to read the pdf image and convert the images to text.
@pollyrea7748
10 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this video. Very easy to follow and it worked perfectly as you demonstrated. No problems at all. Thanks again!
@antwiseguy
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Love your accent, could listen to you all day. 🥰
@donovan846
10 жыл бұрын
Thank-you. Works perfectly. No formatting but I don't need that - just need to transfer things in quotes to new wood docs. PS - You have a wonderful accent.
@billblake6954
8 жыл бұрын
Brilliant use of inbuilt Mac capability - thank you so much!
@sdavair
8 жыл бұрын
Didn't work for me, I opened up doc and it was blank. I tried many times. This would have been great. I have word 2004, maybe that is the problem?
@ianalmazan2186
7 жыл бұрын
Is there a tutorial that would allow me to convert word doc to excel on mac? Initially, my problem was exporting a report to excel on mac. It is not taking the correct format. I have hidden rows and when I am exporting it to excel it is showing everything. This is not an issue with windows. I found another way, i exported it to Word instead. It takes the correct format however; I need to convert it to excel. Can someone help me?
@GRouston
9 жыл бұрын
I follow everything, drag and dropped file to automator in toolbar, nothing happened, ay ideas?
@slwilson6
9 жыл бұрын
Gordon Rouston -my issue too. comes up a blank doc
@f.christensen39
9 жыл бұрын
LaTresa Wilson did you then drag an drop the new rtf into word?
@PurpleEyes77
7 жыл бұрын
my word is online connected with my school acount i don't actually have it on my computer. what do i do?
@angelaavilapeiro7683
9 жыл бұрын
I tried to do it but the result is a word document with no words. All white. Could you please tell me what I may do? Thanks a lot!
@storiesofenlightenment
9 жыл бұрын
I got the text as rtf but no images, i have pages and not word, dont seem to be able to get it to read it.
@lizzielady1
8 жыл бұрын
It's not keeping any form the PDF had. The boxes in my PDF was deleted and the Word had a whole other setup. Text's kept, nothing else.
@churchboyzwrestling
9 жыл бұрын
Hi Ximena, The PDF that I was working on had drawings, similar to kids coloring drawing. When I did the converting, the drawings didn't come out, they look like the Greek alphabet. Can you please help? Thanks William
@jppestana1
11 жыл бұрын
A big thanks for a quick cure to a constant irritation!!!!!
@lisavivori5744
10 жыл бұрын
I've done each step and brought the RTF into Word. The doc has the title, but content is blank. So disappointed. You did a great job teaching, and I did each step as you prescribed. No idea why it's not working.
@dinaibrahim4022
5 жыл бұрын
i dont have W as i tend to use google mainly. So how is it possible to finish the last step without needing Microsoft W?
@carmelhanley4748
9 жыл бұрын
This was a super clear, well paced tutorial, thanks. Yes, not good for scanned and as others have noted, just a basic text extraction so you will need to reformat, however as a free, readily available on your mac tool this is great.... I'd never even looked at the Automator application before!
@MrThompsonp3
11 жыл бұрын
I followed your instructions and it worked perfectly, thanks sooo much.
@anthonykenyaful
10 жыл бұрын
You are a Gem, I was about to spend $120 for a converter....thanks
@stephannieraynemaranan345
4 жыл бұрын
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@KathrynDouglass99
7 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I spent quite a few hours trying to solve this problem, then I came across you video. Wow!
@colintunez
6 жыл бұрын
hi, my RTF file is kinda blank.. it wont show any text even after i opened it to ms word.. help me
@sunantaastorga9607
6 жыл бұрын
Hello Ximena, Thanks so much for your tutorial. I did all the steps you've provided, yet, when transferred over- it' didn't keep the exact format. Please help!
@em-oh-ji3853
6 жыл бұрын
How about if i would like to delete this? Can i just delete i as per normal file that will move to trash straigth away?
@Harrybrux
11 жыл бұрын
Fabulous. Well done and many, many thanks. I had been going mad round the web trying out all sorts of so-called solutions that wouldn't work. You've performed a huge public service. Thanks again. But, as Fabio says below, scanned pdfs won't work so, people need to 'un-scan' them. You can do this with an app from Wondershare (you can use the free trial to un-scan). There are some others, too. A byway, thanks again. Harry Brooks
@brucewayne2984
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah, nothing showed up on desktop. For some reason it was saved under iCloud drive. I moved it to desktop. It did indeed create a RTF file but when I opened in Word it was a blank file. Tried over and over - nothing.
@LauriDewargodogs
9 жыл бұрын
I was able to convert my document, however all formatting was lost.
@f.christensen39
9 жыл бұрын
Lauri Dewar same with mine
@shelbyriss678
9 жыл бұрын
mine as well what did we all do wrong??
@ifcica
9 жыл бұрын
+Shelby Riss mine opened right away but it is frozen and i can’t do anything :/
@brucegtravels
8 жыл бұрын
Ximena, Many of us who did what you instructed have blank word documents and weren't able to turn a .pdf into a word document. It seems we all have Automater, rich text format and word on our Macs. It didn't work for us. Do you have any suggestions on how to get it to work? Thanks for your help!
@geroblaa7126
8 жыл бұрын
+Bruce Gale -- It's because she doesn't understand that many pdfs are image-based
@davebuttig2173
8 жыл бұрын
+Bruce Gale Is there a way to convert a scanned PDF with this app?
@geroblaa7126
8 жыл бұрын
Dave Buttig -- Yes, you need OCR software.
@BurkeenBHG
9 жыл бұрын
Worked wonderful for my Librarian that really needed it.
@YXCartoonCatXY
8 жыл бұрын
The format of the PDF content did not remain same as you say. The tables and box all disappeared.
@dimpleadhikari8184
8 жыл бұрын
my pdf couldn't upload in word document. which word app did you used??
@rondaleclaire-said1419
4 жыл бұрын
I followed your instructions explicitly, using my desktop for the location for the RTF file to appear, but it never showed up on my desktop. Just like in your instructions, I dragged my PDF file to the Application I created, but no file showed up on my desk top. So, I couldn't do the last step to drag it into WORD.... there's nothing showing up for me to drag!!! Very frustrating!!
@worksafeservicesltd1038
9 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I come back to your video every time I need to convert pdf's - Beeyootaful!
@shiny460
10 жыл бұрын
I just copied and pasted the PDF into text edit and it formatted fine. My problem was that whenever I printed out PDFs, the text was really small and only took up a quarter of the page
@KOOLMEGAKID9559
8 жыл бұрын
Wow...saved my work time by 50%! LOVE YOU
@kufikufikufi
11 жыл бұрын
Great thanks so much. Very simple and easy explainations. Yeh I did it!!!!!!! you have no idea how happy I am that I did this..
@hengels4
12 жыл бұрын
Fantastic explanation! I also could not figure out Automator. Your video helped me! Thanks!!!!!
@jadilan82
12 жыл бұрын
Amazing! Excellent user friendly instructions! I gave myself a headache with other written tutorials on the web. Thank you!
@mizmors2936
9 жыл бұрын
@Ximena de la Serna it converts only text, not charts or spreadssheets of PDF
@rebeccadsouza5140
10 жыл бұрын
This was a great video! Just not sure how to put the converting app onto the home screen of my mac. Help?
@kristenramirez3684
9 жыл бұрын
I lost all formatting in the reopening of the document. What did I do wrong?
@platypus121
10 жыл бұрын
Seems it works for some. I just get pages of symbols and numbers. What version OS is used? I'm using 10.9.4 and the results are just jumbled nonsense with this and four other apps from the app store.
@Amy-of5lo
5 жыл бұрын
This is an easy explanation video I ever seen. THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!
@maorimat7
11 жыл бұрын
Hi, I followed all the instruction and got right to the end but the word documents come out blank. Do you know if this works for on a PDF document that is from a scan copy, Meaning it's not the originak PDF document if just in PDF format because of the scanner?
@Joeyrobertparks
9 жыл бұрын
It works....kinda. It won't preserve any of the formatting. If your document has footnotes or pictures, they won't be preserved. This is a down-and-dirty, just the text extraction. If you want it, but don't care if it's not pretty, then great. You're gonna spend a lot of time formatting it, though.
@williamu9175
5 жыл бұрын
Your steps was straight forward. Thanks again.
@LL-or9fd
9 жыл бұрын
That didn't work for me :( I got all the text no problem, but the formatting was not there....
@annbyriver
9 жыл бұрын
Loved it... thanks so much, Ximena. Great information, clear, and nice pace and screen shots
@anneyoung3549
9 жыл бұрын
When I drop the rtf into Word it converts with a $ between each word. I am using OSX 10.9.5. Thanks for your help.
@dimitarvelitchkov4207
9 жыл бұрын
Hi Ximena, all my .rtf documents come out blank once a drag and drop them into Word app. A penny for your thoughts?
@davidclougher6371
9 жыл бұрын
type was not white in the original document by any chance? Because I just had the case, all the text from my documenty kept its color, of course the lay out was gone, but, hey, it's rtf, not indd ;-)
@bethclark-gareca2652
9 жыл бұрын
It was a great explanation but upon conversion, it didn't maintain any of the formatting of the original pdf (that was originally a word doc). Maybe this process is outdated?
@TheVIXENSKY
7 жыл бұрын
Thanks.. It worked; however, How can the pictures on PDF transfer as well? The document transfer without the picutre
@AnnieDiBow
9 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much! It didn't keep the format exactly the same with the alignment but very close. Lifesaver :)
@MoneyAngel777
10 жыл бұрын
WOW!!!!! it worked great just the fonts were changed and layout but it saved me tons of time thank you again
@deepakbector213
7 жыл бұрын
Thx a ton , it definitely worked for me but the format changed. is there any way to keep the format also?
@emmanuele8451
8 жыл бұрын
It only gave me a blank word document....are there any hidden limitations?
@msvika
7 жыл бұрын
Thank You Sooooo much Ximena de la Serna, you Saved Me a lot of time and money. I have a huge scientific paper to proof read with a short deadline. Didn't know my Mac had and has such a Great Application in it. Thank you So much again. Best regards, Martin Svika from Latvia :-)
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