How do you copy text from PDF into Microsoft Word with minimum reformatting?

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Every time I try to copy something from PDF into Word I just do the Copy & Paste thing but it always looks like this (for example):

The “story” of a ballad can be a wide range of subjects but

frequently deals with folklore or popular legends. They are written in a straight-forward

manner, seldom with detail, but always with graphic simplicity and force. Most ballads are

suitable for singing: “Barbara Allen” is an example.

So at the end of every line I have to click backspace and then space again. During long texts it gets really annoying.
Is there any way to prevent this? Or another way of copying?
(I've tried copying text into notepad and wordpad then pasting it onto Word and it doesn't work either way).

? · Accepted Answer

Hi, why not try a FREE pdf to word converter. I’m using AnyBizSoft PDF to Word Converter. It’s free and performs well. It exports Word files almost exactly like original ones. It spares you a lot of time to reformat the file.
Here’s where you can download it.
http://www.anypdftools.com/pdf-to-word.html
Learn more about how to convert PDF to word in this tutorial page. 
http://www.anypdftools.com/tutorials/how-to-convert-pdf-to-word.html
Give it a shot! Hope it helps.

? · Answer

Yes,i agree with the first answer.Such a program will help you a lot.So you can  try Advanced pdf converter 6.0 or advanced pdf to word 5.0.Both of them have better performance.
http://www.advancedpdfconverter.com

Anonymous · Answer

You should a get  a PDF to DoC or TXT converting program. This way it will save the WHOLE thing into a .DOC file and you can edit out what you don't want.

Ivy · Answer

You could download Simpo PDF to Word to have a free trial. It works pretty well.

Here is a tutorial, hope it could help.
http://www.simpopdf.com/guide/how-to-convert-pdf-word.html

Anonymous · Answer

You can use http://www.freepdftoword.org to convert the PDF to word for free.

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