Hi Lisa,

What I am about to suggest is a simple workaround that will not retain
the formatting of the original document, but you could try saving the
PDF as a text file using the file menu in Adobe Reader.  You could
then do as you said here by pasting it into a Word document and
filling in the answers.  Another option would be for you to go on
Google and find a free OCR product to convert the form into a Word
document with the formatting retained.

I am not in a position to suggest a free and accessible OCR product,
but perhaps someone on this list is?  Good luck.

If you are in Ontario, this might be an opportunity for you to raise
awareness of impending legislation that will require your physician's
office to provide materials to all patients in a manner that allows
independent and timely access.  No harm in trying, right?  A PDF can
easily be made accessible at the authoring stage, but it is trickier
after the fact.

Again, good luck!

Derek

On 4/20/10, Lisa McManus <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I feel like I am kind of behind the times because I haven't utilized pdf
> files much other than to read them once in a while when I have to.
>
> I don't know anything about converting pdf files to text.  I have a form on
> a website for a doctor that needs to be filled out prior to my visit.  It is
> a pdf file.  Is there a way I can convert the pdf file to text.  Then maybe
> paste it into a word document so that I could fill it out on my own by
> putting the answers in after the questions?  As I said I do not know
> anything about this process so can someone please send me the steps to take
> to get this accomplished.  I would really appreciate it.  Thanks very much.
>
> Lisa
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