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Re: changing a pdf file to doc or other word processing file

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From: Brian Pomeroy
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1999 00:00
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Valerie:

Unfortunately, the only solutions I can think of are so clumsy that they
wouldn't be worth your while.  Perhaps you can cite your experience in
offering a gentle suggestion to the MLA to Web-enable their job application
process. :)


Brian Pomeroy
lunar@voicenet.com
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/6346/bio.htm
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - http://www.chop.edu/

----- Original Message -----
From: Valerie G. Rankow <vrankow@LI.NET>
To: <NETTRAIN@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU>
Sent: Friday, April 16, 1999 4:10 PM
Subject: changing a pdf file to doc or other word processing file


> Hi Trainers,
>
> I really hope this is not a stupid question (we librarians know there are
no
> stupid questions, only clueless people).
>
> My problem: the form for job applicants to fill out in advance, to send to
> the Placement Center at the annual MLA conference, is in adobe acrobat
> format, .pdf and I can't seem to save it in any form to which I can then
> write. I have no scanner, so I can't print out the sucker and then scan it
> in and save it as a .doc file. I have tried to convert it, but I have
joined
> the clueless. Bummer.
>
> Can someone please help me?  I know I could fill it out by hand, but I
have
> a handwriting from heck. Oh, of course, it is due today, and I know some
of
> my MEDLIB colleagues read this list, so please, if you could giggling for
a
> minute and help this clueless person I will be ever so grateful...
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