At 9:31 PM -0400 on 7/31/02, Stephanie Sullivan wrote:


> HI all... Is there a way to convert a pdf to a webpage? I can't find one
> within Acrobat... Is there a trick?
>
> I need to put something online for my brother in law to read (he has web TV
> and can't read pdfs...)
>
> Thanks for any input... :)

Stephanie,

Thanks for asking this question. I saved all the responses because I
figured I'd need to do this very thing someday.

Well, "someday" came around rather rapidly as tonight I needed to copy a
2MB PDF file into HTML (about 300k) to add to a site I manage.

While several folks suggested different (and somewhat costly) plugins or
applications, none of them appear to work in OS X, which I am using without
Classic. However John Thompson noted that this could be done in PS 7. I
launched PS and opened the PDF from within PS. This was a piece of cake.
I then selected "Save for Web..." and told it to save as a JPG. So far, so
good.

I then opened it in DW and fiddled with the containing page, saved
everything, and checked it in IE. It all worked like a champ. PS creates
images of the PDF and they are easily inserted into a DW doc. The whole
process took perhaps 15 minutes, which included a trip to the fridge for a
Pepsi. My PDF included several photos, "comic sans" typeface and some
other graphics. If you want to see the finished page, send me an email
off-list.

I think this will take care of your situation.

-Tod

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