If you have acrobat (instead of acrobat reader), then you can save PDF to RTF file which is fully supported by word. This is probably the easiest way to get the maximum out of a PDF file. If this doesn't work to your satisfaction, then you can try saving the PDF to TIFF images, then OCR.
From: Rex Palmer Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2012 6:48 AM To: CCP4BB@JISCMAIL.AC.UK Subject: [ccp4bb] off topic: pdf to word conversion Dear CCP4BB Does anyone know how to convert a .pdf file into a meaningful Word file. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. The pdf file has numerous figures and tables. Rex Palmer http://www.bbk.ac.uk/biology/our-staff/emeritus-staff http://rexpalmer2010.homestead.com