how to change a file extention???

I cannot change a pdf file extention to open up in any word type format or
document....please help!!!!! danielhalefinearts@yahoo.com

Suzanne
Thu Dec 20 13:19:40 PST 2007

PDFs can be opened by Acrobat or Adobe Reader; they cannot be opened in
Word, even if you change the file extension.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"danielhalefinearts" <danielhalefinearts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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>I cannot change a pdf file extention to open up in any word type format or
> document....please help!!!!! danielhalefinearts@yahoo.com
>

Herb
Thu Dec 20 14:49:26 PST 2007

Well... technically, they CAN be opened by Word as text files, but the
resulting text is mostly gibberish.

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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@mvps.org> wrote in message
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> PDFs can be opened by Acrobat or Adobe Reader; they cannot be opened in
> Word, even if you change the file extension.
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "danielhalefinearts" <danielhalefinearts@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
> in message news:084A4621-A9C0-466D-A0EB-FFFB3369DA7C@microsoft.com...
>>I cannot change a pdf file extention to open up in any word type format or
>> document....please help!!!!! danielhalefinearts@yahoo.com
>>
>
>

John
Thu Dec 20 20:22:24 PST 2007

The basic idea is that the extension of a file name indicates what
program will recognise the file or what its purpose is.
PDF files are opened by PDF Readers..
DOC files are opend by MS Word and maybe others.
XLS files are opened by EXCEL.
EXE files are executable programs.
etc etc
Just changing the extension of a file does not change its contents or
the ability of other programs to open it.

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John G.
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>I cannot change a pdf file extention to open up in any word type format
>or
> document....please help!!!!! danielhalefinearts@yahoo.com