pdf converter and free alternative to ms office suite

eurotrotter

hey guys im lookin for a converter that will aloow me to convert a pdf ito a doc fle and visa versa

im also lookin for something like ms office, a free alternative since i cant afford it, i no its final year at college, but corners must be cut
thanks for your time
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xebec

OpenOffice or NeoOffice

machiavellianme

Or try moving to Latex.

Breezer

Any OS X app can save to PDF. There's either an Export menu or it's in the print dialogue. As regards converting PDF to .doc, there are a few apps out there but it's a messy business. PDF was designed to preserve a document's final markup; in other words, to preserve the formatting when there was no need to edit it again. Because of that, it doesn't lend itself well to being converted to an editable format: formatting can get very messed up at times. Do a search for 'PDF to Word' on VersionTracker and it'll throw up a few apps that you might find interesting. Most of them are shareware or commercial though.

Chardee MacDennis

i would recomment Latex for any dissertations anyway - takes a bit of effort to learn but it looks so much better once finished.