PDF to Word

[#1]

Hi I am copying text from a double column pdf file.  I am copying one column at a time.  The problem is when I paste on to word the formating remains the same, ie, the text is to one side of the document.  How do I format word layout to enable the text to use the full width of the page?

[#2]

I'd suggest getting rid of the formatting altogether (fonts and everything). One way to do that would be to first paste the text in to a text editor that doesn't support formatting (e.g. Notepad) and then copy paste from there in to Word.
On Word 2010 there is a Paste Special which includes an Unformatted text option - that will do the same thing. I don't know if that is available on earlier versions.

[#3]

Quote from: jelv

On Word 2010 there is a Paste Special which includes an Unformatted text option - that will do the same thing. I don't know if that is available on earlier versions.

It is and in Open Office Writer as well

[#4]

You could create a 2 column / 1 row table in Word and then copy each column of your PDF to the table using the Unformatted text option.

[#5]

You could get a copy of PDFtotext ( its open source) which will save the copy & paste effort if its a long document.

[#6]

Libre Office (and probably Open Office) can also load PDF documents directly.