A quick way to convert a pdf file to html

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This is a quick way to convert a pdf file to html.

1. Launch gmail (download from google, if you don't already have it)..

2. Send the pdf file to yourself as an attachment. It should arrive in your inbox almost instantly.

3. When you view your mail (which you just sent to yourself), you will have the opportunity to view your attached file as either pdf or html.

4. Choose to view it as html and then,

5. While viewing the file (it will launch in your browser), just click File > Save as.

6. You will have a "Save as type" choice. Save it as "Webpage, html only." Give it any customized name which fits your needs. Be sure to give your new name a dot htm (.htm) extension.

7. Use your newly saved html file in whatever way you wish.

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How to further refine a gmail generated htm file

Often after you have converted an htm file from pdf, you will notice (when you view your new htm file in a browser) that perhaps it really doesn't appear on the page the way you would like (or maybe you would merely like to make some text changes). It will often be spaced (format or layout) strangely. This method allows you to convert it to spacing (layout or formatting), which you can customize. If you like the format the way it is... this technique will still provide you with a method to make any textual or image changes you would like.

Step-by-Step:

1. Launch Microsoft Word.

2. Load your newly converted htm file. (Just saving it here with a new filename doesn't change the eventual appearance from the original format (spacing). Now, if you are happy with the original format (layout, spacing), but want to delete from it or add other text or images, then make any editorial changes you wish to the text and save it. Use your new htm file in whatever way you wish. But, for total control of your format, continue with the steps to follow.

3. Copy the entire htm file into your clipboard (click Edit > Select All > Copy).

4. Create new blank webpage (Click File > New > Webpage (the choice appears on the far right). Blank page appears.

5. Paste (from your Clipboard copy).

6. Edit the new page to meet your needs.

7. Click Save. Choose to save it as (Webpage, *.htm, *.html). Don't be fooled by the choice first given (the default) which is something else.

8. Name your file whatever is most descriptive with a dot htm extension (.htm).

Now when you load it in a browser you will see that the new html file is formatted (spaced or "layed" out) to your choosing.

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How to handle a "image" pdf file.

Of course, the method described above only works for non-image files. Some pdf files are not editable (you can test first by seeing if you can copy text from it into your clipboad). If you can't, it is likely an "image" pdf. But, this can be converted to html as well... using another technique.

Of course, you can't simply convert images to text. But, you can change image pdf's to html files by grabbing images from the pdf files and displaying those in a simple html file. . If a pdf file has been generated from a fax machine and sent to an online or email address, it always creates an image pdf. In that case (or if you got one from another source), you:

1. Load (view) the pdf file in your Adobe reader. Adjust display to the smallest readable size.

2. Use the WebOptimizer software program (or other image capture device, even Windows Paint) to

3. Capture selected images (keep them as narrow as you can) and

4. Save them as either gif or jpg.

5. Upload them to a suitable image hosting facility (like Photobucket).

6. Then create your new html file in a text editor (like notepad) as such: