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How to Convert .PDF to .Doc on Mac OS X?

This tip tells you how to convert .pdf to .doc on Mac OS X. Why .pdf to .doc? It's known that PDF is widely nowadays, and to Mac OS X user, saving multiple files to PDF just needs a single click. There are many advantages of PDF such as multiplatform, secure, self-contained, etc. But its features decide that it is not an editable document format. That means you cannot edit PDF files easily. Even with Adobe Acrobat, editing PDF text is still not as easy as in Microsoft Word. As the most popular used Ms Word on Mac OS X is in .doc format, that's why we need to convert .pdf to .doc.

To convert .pdf to .doc on Mac OS X, one of the most popular productivity tools on Apple Downloads is AnyBizSoft PDF to Word for Mac. It is easy, quick and efficient. Here are the 3 simple steps to use this software:

Step 1 Import PDF Files

Launch the program and drag and drop PDF files into the panel. It allows you to import maximum 50 PDF files to convert at one time.
PDF to Word for Mac - Import PDF files
Step 2 Customize Output Settings (Optional)

To set the output folder for the converted Word files, choose File-> Output Settings-> Output Folder in the menu bar. The default option is to save the converted documents in the same folder as source files.


PDF to Word for Mac - Customize output settings


And click on the gear icon beside the Word icon, you can customize the page ranges or select the output format (.doc or .rtf) for the output file. The default options are All pages and Ms Office Word (.doc) format.

PDF to Word for Mac - Choose format

Choose one format and select Apply to all option, the format of current file setting will apply to all the files in the panel.

Step 3 Convert .pdf to .doc

After setting the output settings, click Convert button to convert .pdf to .doc. The conversion will be finished in seconds. Then you can click on the Word icon to open the converted file.
PDF to Word for Mac - Converting PDF to Word
By converting .pdf to .doc on Mac OS X (Snow Leopard, Lion included) with AnyBizSoft PDF to Word for Mac, editing PDF files becomes easy if you don't have the original file. And after you edit the .doc documents, you can easily save them back to PDF on Mac OS X.

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