[AccessD] PDF vs Access

There is software which will do PDF2WORD and PDF2DOC and PDF2TEXT.  Find one
that suits. Output to a file, read the file into a table, display said table
onto form.

Easy peasy.

Max


-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart McLachlan
Sent: 01 September 2009 23:44
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] PDF vs Access

One possibility:

Print the PDF to an image with something like the freeware Polestar Virtual
Printer 
http://www.polestarsoft.com/

Then use the image as the background to your form and put textboxes on top
in the 
appropriate places to capture the data.

-- 
Stuart

On 1 Sep 2009 at 11:38, Bob Heygood wrote:

> Hello to the list,
> 
> I have ten .pdf files of 2-4 pages each.
> The client wants to have a 'form" that looks just like the pdfs and a
> database and some reports.
> 
> I can spend a lot of time recreating the look of the pdf in an Access
form. 
> Or 
> I can use Adobe Acrobat Pro to make the pdfs capable of capturing data and
> export to Access.
> 
> I am pretty sure that it will take much less time to convert the regular
> pdfs to pdf forms.
> 
> But I have had some issues in the past extracting data from filled in pdf
> forms.
> 
> I am using A Acrobat Pro 7.
> 
> Any opinions???
> 
> 
> 
> TIA
> 
> Bob Heygood
> 
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