How to convert PDF to Powerpoint and work the text from the ppt file? Thread poster: filipa ceia
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filipa ceia 
Local time: 17:21
German to Portuguese
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I have a PDF file that needs to be converted to powerpoint.
We shall also be able to work the powerpoint as if the file was an original one - pictures, text, etc.
Can anyone give my a help, PLEAAAAAASSSEEEEE?
Thank you all
| | | | | Are you sure it is possible? | Apr 21, 2006 |
Hi,
Interesting problem. You have not said what kind of programs you have available. Do you have a pdf file editor or just a reader?
I think that you may have a lot of problem, due to the way that Powerpoint divides up the file into slides.
Trevor
| | | | Sonja Tomaskovic (X)
Germany
Local time: 18:21
English to German
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| Challenging project | Apr 21, 2006 |
I think that you have accepted a very challenging job. Rebuilding a PowerPoint file from a PDF is definitely time-consuming.
In fact, the only way I can think of is to OCR the whole PDF, and see what part you can reuse (graphics, charts, etc.).
Of course, everything depends on the complexity of the PDF. However, I am pretty sure that you'll end up doing a lot of things manually.
OCR seems to be the best option here, but unfortunately I can't tell you what... See more I think that you have accepted a very challenging job. Rebuilding a PowerPoint file from a PDF is definitely time-consuming.
In fact, the only way I can think of is to OCR the whole PDF, and see what part you can reuse (graphics, charts, etc.).
Of course, everything depends on the complexity of the PDF. However, I am pretty sure that you'll end up doing a lot of things manually.
OCR seems to be the best option here, but unfortunately I can't tell you what program you to use.
Good luck.
Sonja ▲ Collapse
| | | | Peter Linton (X)
Local time: 17:21
Swedish to English
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| Don't even try | Apr 21, 2006 |
Out of curiosity, I tried out Sonja Tomaskovic's suggestion.
I first converted a typical fairly straightforward PDF file to RTF (using Scansoft OmniPage 15, an OCR package similar to ABBYY). That was successful, a good result.
But my PowerPoint 2000 would not accept RTF. So I converted the RTF to HTML and loaded that into PowerPoint.
The text and pictures were all on the PowerPoint slide, but the layout was different. Very different. A bit of a mess actuall... See more Out of curiosity, I tried out Sonja Tomaskovic's suggestion.
I first converted a typical fairly straightforward PDF file to RTF (using Scansoft OmniPage 15, an OCR package similar to ABBYY). That was successful, a good result.
But my PowerPoint 2000 would not accept RTF. So I converted the RTF to HTML and loaded that into PowerPoint.
The text and pictures were all on the PowerPoint slide, but the layout was different. Very different. A bit of a mess actually. As Sonja suggests, it would have taken a lot of manual effort to tidy it up and make it look something like the original.
So it can be done, but definitely a challenging project - and you will probably spend more time tidying up than translating. ▲ Collapse
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Gad Harel
Israel
Local time: 19:21
English to German
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| it is possible with Scansoft Pdf professional 3 converter | Apr 22, 2006 |
Hi,
directly you can't do it !
you have to re-convert the Pdf file with Scansoft Pdf professional 3 converter to a basic format rtf or doc
from Word you can export or transfer you text pic's etc. to pps.
it's a lot of work and need a lot of patience
good luck
Gad
| | | | tlmurray (X)
Local time: 12:21
English
| Why the same look? | Apr 22, 2006 |
I noticed you mentioned the look was far different. Since PowerPoint is made for a totally different purpose, this is expected. Are you really trying to make the RTF look just like the original slides?
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