PDF editor (synaptic: pdfedit) works well. I have used it to tweak PDF documents and save back in PDF format, but I just tried the "save as text document" feature and it works well. Hope that helps.<div>Peace, Eli <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 10:41 PM, Bill Farrow <<a href="mailto:ubuntu@arrowsreach.com">ubuntu@arrowsreach.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 8:32 PM, John Ghormley <<a href="mailto:john@johnghormley.com">john@johnghormley.com</a>> wrote: > Is anyone familiar with any utility that will convert .pdf text to a word > processor document or a editable text document? Got a boat load of pdf > files that I need to get into Scribus and don't want to re-key them. Hi John, I don't know about converting directly to a word processing document, but I use Evince or Okular to view the PDF and select and copy text from PDF documents into vim. Bill -- ubuntu-us-nc mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-us-nc@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-us-nc@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-nc" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-us-nc</a> </blockquote></div> -- Eli Smith 540-808-8268 <a href="mailto:durableinnovations@gmail.com">durableinnovations@gmail.com</a> </div>