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PDF to HTML

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by Jondoe0069, Mar 22, 2007.

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    Does anyone know of a good free program that will convert a PDF into straight html, formatting and all? I've found a bunch of demos, but I wouldn't pay for any of the full versions cuz the output was garbage.
     
    Jondoe0069, Mar 22, 2007 IP
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    Eeerrrmmm.... if I'm not wrong, you can't get it for free at this time! I've looked at it for 2 years but I never found like what you want. :)
     
    krizil, Mar 22, 2007 IP
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    Well Adobe has one free on their site for people who can't view PDF's on sites for whatever reason, but it times out everytime I try to use it. I'm sure when I do get it to work, the source code probably won't be simple html formatting.

    Have you ever found one that worked well that costs money?
     
    Jondoe0069, Mar 22, 2007 IP
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    d16man Well-Known Member

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    since adobe bought macromedia I think they made a plugin that works with dreamweaver...don't quote me on that though...I saw something like this once but can't remember where...
     
    d16man, Mar 22, 2007 IP
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    There are a number of scripts (paid of course) out there which are both quite cost-effective and do the conversion quite nicely. Look for them on scripts sites.
     
    jbladeus, Mar 23, 2007 IP
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    I will do that. Thanks!
     
    Jondoe0069, Mar 23, 2007 IP
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    #7
    The pdf download plugin for firefox allows you to view and pdf in html instead of downloading it. You could just upload a pdf to your server and then view it as html with this plugin and save the source code
    ;)
     
    Jelf, Mar 23, 2007 IP
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    Awesome. That's just what I was looking for! thanks!
     
    Jondoe0069, Mar 23, 2007 IP
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    good idea- but it doesn't work. It delivers the page in php, not html.
     
    Jondoe0069, Mar 23, 2007 IP
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    #10
    I know the perfect solution to this!! :)
    U'll rep me for it.. LOL.

    Use your GMAIL account .. attach the pdf file then send it to your own
    address. Then open the mail. Click the options on the attachments that says
    VIEW (or CONVERT) in HTML. Then save it! Done!!

    You don't have to pay for anything at all.
    Just a GMAIL account.
     
    cdotech, Mar 23, 2007 IP
  11. Jondoe0069

    Jondoe0069 Peon

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    Almost, but they convert it by taking each line and putting into html with an absolute positioning. This makes editing impossible. There's no way for me to add the contents to an existing page without using frames. I don't want to have to use frames. Good shot though!
     
    Jondoe0069, Mar 23, 2007 IP
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    PS- this is how all the other converters work.
     
    Jondoe0069, Mar 23, 2007 IP
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    FOUND A SOLUTION!

    http://www.easybyte.com/download/rtf2html.html

    Open up the program. Copy the text in the PDF and paste it into the program. Convert. It's not perfect, but the HTML is good and compliant, so it's easy to edit.
     
    Jondoe0069, Mar 23, 2007 IP
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    TheDrew831 Active Member

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    I was having same problem thanks for this!
     
    TheDrew831, Mar 24, 2007 IP
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    #15
    the one on adobe's site works fine, but some formatting does get lost in it ...
     
    earl-ku, Mar 24, 2007 IP
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    The one on Adobe's site never worked for me, but every other one I tried (even the gmail one) converted it by putting each line of the PDF into Html using exact coordinates. This didn't allow me to edit it. If I did, I would have had to move everything.

    The easybyte program is free because it's a demo of some code they are trying to sell other people to use in their software. Worked fine for me though. I copied all the text from the PDF and it maintained the text sizes and general formatting. The line breaks didn't always copy over from the PDF, but you can do all your editing in the program and the html comes out accurate.
     
    Jondoe0069, Mar 24, 2007 IP
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    just email your pdf to adobe at . Their system will email back the html version a few minutes later.
     
    abdussamad, Mar 24, 2007 IP