如果您的Google Drive 帐户(Google Drive account)中有您希望以文本格式保存的 PDF 文档,则能够将PDF(PDFs)转换为Google Doc将允许您这样做。
然而, PDF 转换(PDF conversion)并不像许多人想象的那么简单。当然,将PDF 文件(PDF file)快速转换为Google Doc 文件(Google Doc file)很容易。然而,您享受便利的代价是格式和样式(formatting and style),正如您将在下面的示例中看到的那样。
值得庆幸的是,有一些解决方法可以保留PDF 文档(PDF document)的原始格式。您是否选择这种方法取决于您是否首先关心格式。
我们还在您的 YouTube 频道上制作了一个简短的视频,(short video on your YouTube channel)如果您想按照这些步骤进行操作,可以查看。
准备将 PDF 转换为 Google Doc 格式(Preparing To Convert a PDF To Google Doc Format)
在将PDF 文件(PDF file)转换为Google Doc 格式(Google Doc format)之前,您需要确保应该成为PDF 文档(PDF document)一部分的所有信息都已到位。
例如,如果您要转换PDF 租赁(PDF lease)协议,则应首先在协议中填写所有相关信息。您可以使用任何您喜欢的 PDF 编辑器(your favorite PDF editors)来完成此操作。
如果您的计算机上没有PDF 编辑器(PDF editor),最简单的方法是使用免费的在线PDF编辑工具,例如SmallPDF。
填写完文档中的所有表格后,您可以下载PDF 格式(PDF format)的文件。现在可以将其转换为Google Doc 格式(Google Doc format)。
快速将 PDF 转换为 Google Doc 格式(Quickly Convert a PDF To Google Doc Format)
将任何PDF 文件(PDF file)直接转换为Google Doc 格式(Google Doc format)的最快方法是直接在Google Drive中启动转换过程(conversion process)。
- 通过右键单击任何文件夹并选择(folder and selecting)Upload Files将PDF 文件(PDF file)上传到您的Google Drive 帐户(Google Drive account)。
- 将PDF上传到Google Drive后,您可以右键单击该文件并选择(file and select) Open with,然后选择Google Docs。
- Google Docs会自动将PDF 文档(PDF document)转换为Google Docs 格式(Google Docs format)。
您会立即注意到,虽然文本从大多数PDF文档中都正确导入,但格式很少是完美的。
自动转换(conversion include)过程中出现的常见错误包括:
- 双倍行距变成单倍行距
- 简单间距恢复为无间距
- 缩进被移除
- 编号或项目符号列表(Numbered or bullet lists)成为一个段落
- 可填写表格中的字段已删除
如果您确保在转换前填写PDF 文档(PDF document)中的字段,这些字段中的文本将转换得很好。
但是,如果您并不真正关心格式并且只想将所有文本从PDF 文档(PDF document)传输到Google Doc中,则最好使用这种自动转换方法(conversion approach)。
使用格式化将 PDF 转换为 Google Doc 格式(Convert a PDF To Google Doc Format With Formatting)
有一种方法可以避免这种格式化失败,那就是利用 Microsoft Word 更准确的转换过程(conversion process)。
如果您使用 Microsoft Word将PDF转换为Microsoft Word 文档(Microsoft Word document),则可以将该文档转换为Google Doc 文档(Google Doc document)。所有原始格式将被保留并带入。
- 为此,请在您的计算机上 打开Microsoft Word 。
- 在 Word 中,从主菜单中选择打开,(Open)然后浏览(menu and browse)到要转换的PDF 文件。(PDF file)
- 您将看到一个弹出窗口,通知您该文件需要从PDF 格式转换(PDF format)。选择确定(OK)继续。
- 转换完成后,您将看到在Word中打开的文档。Word在保留原始格式方面做得很好。与Google Docs不同,这通常包括间距、缩进、粗体等。
您可能需要选择窗口顶部的启用编辑以将文件以(Enable Editing)Word 格式(Word format)保存到您的 PC 。
- 选择文件(File),另存为(Save As),然后将Word 文档(Word document)保存到您的 PC。该文件将使用 docx 扩展名保存。
- 打开您的Google Drive 帐户并导航(Google Drive account and navigate)到您要存储转换后的PDF 文件(PDF file)的文件夹。在文件夹内右键单击并选择(folder and select) Upload files。导航到您保存的docx 文件(docx file)并选择Open。
- 这会将文档作为Word 文件导入(Word file)Google Drive。右键单击该文件,选择Open with,然后选择Google Docs。
这会将Word 文档(Word document)转换为Google Docs 格式(Google Docs format)。如您所见,这个新转换的文件包含原始PDF 文档(PDF document)格式更好的版本。
- 要完成转换,请选择File和Save as Google Docs。
这将删除文档顶部的“.DOCX”并将文档存储为完整的Google Doc。
这种方法可能需要一些额外的步骤,但如果原始PDF 文档(PDF document)的格式对您很重要,那么这是一个很好的方法来实现该格式。
其他转换 PDF 文档的方法
您可以使用许多其他工具和方法将PDF 文档(PDF document)转换为Word 或 Google Docs(Word or Google Docs)。您选择的选项取决于您可以使用的工具。
- 使用在线(Use online)或桌面PDF 转换器(PDF converter)工具将PDF转换为Word,然后重复上述过程将Word 文档(Word document)转换为Google Docs。
- 使用在线(Use online)工具将PDF 文档(PDF document)转换为JPG 文件(JPG file)并将JPG插入到您的Google Doc中。
- 使用在线工具从(Use online)PDF 文档(PDF document)中提取文本并将文本插入到您的Google 文档(Google Doc)中(如果格式根本不重要)。
- 使用在线(Use online) OCR服务将麻烦的PDF文件转换(t convert)为文本格式。
如您所见,当您想将PDF(PDFs)转换为Google Docs时,您有很多不错的选择。
How To Convert a PDF To Google Doc Format
If you have PDF documents that you’d prefer to have in text format on your Google Drive accоυnt, being able to convert PDFs to Google Doc will allow you to do that.
However PDF conversion isn’t as straightforward as many people think. Sure, it’s easy to quickly convert a PDF file to a Google Doc file. However, what you enjoy in convenience comes at a price in formatting and style, as you’ll see in the examples below.
Thankfully there are workarounds to keep original formatting from the PDF document. Whether you opt for this approach depends on whether you care much about the formatting in the first place.
We also made a short video on your YouTube channel that you can check out if you want follow along with the steps.
Preparing To Convert a PDF To Google Doc Format
Before you convert a PDF file over to Google Doc format, you want to make sure that all of the information that’s supposed to be part of the PDF document is all in place.
For example, if you’re converting a PDF lease agreement, the agreement should be filled out with all of the relevant information first. You can do this with any one of your favorite PDF editors.
If you don’t have a PDF editor on your computer, the easiest way to do this is using a free online PDF editing tool like SmallPDF.
Once all of the forms in the document are filled out, you can download the file in PDF format. It’s now ready to be converted to Google Doc format.
Quickly Convert a PDF To Google Doc Format
The fastest method to convert any PDF file straight into Google Doc format is to initiate the conversion process from right inside Google Drive.
- Upload the PDF file into your Google Drive account by right-clicking inside any folder and selecting Upload Files.
- Once the PDF is uploaded to Google Drive, you can right-click the file and select Open with, then select Google Docs.
- Google Docs will automatically convert the PDF document into Google Docs format.
What you’ll notice immediately is that while the text all imports correctly from most PDF documents, the formatting is rarely perfect.
Common mistakes that occur during automatic conversion include:
- Double spacing becomes single spaced
- Simple spacing reverts to no space
- Indentation is removed
- Numbered or bullet lists become one paragraph
- Fields in fillable forms are removed
If you made sure to fill out the fields in the PDF document before the conversion, the text in those fields will convert over fine.
However, this automatic conversion approach is best used if you don’t really care about formatting and just want to transfer all of the text from a PDF document into a Google Doc.
Convert a PDF To Google Doc Format With Formatting
There is a way to get around this formatting failure, and that’s taking advantage of Microsoft Word’s more accurate conversion process.
If you use Microsoft Word to convert PDF to a Microsoft Word document, you can then convert that document to a Google Doc document. All of the original formatting will be retained and brought over.
- To do this, open Microsoft Word on your computer.
- From inside Word, select Open from the main menu and browse to the PDF file you want to convert.
- You’ll see a pop-up window notifying you that the file needs to be converted from PDF format. Select OK to continue.
- When the conversion is finished, you’ll see the document open in Word. Word does an excellent job keeping the original formatting in place. Unlike Google Docs, this typically includes spacing, indentations, bold, and more.
You may need to select Enable Editing at the top of the window to save the file to your PC in Word format.
- Select File, Save As, and save the Word document to your PC. The file will save with a docx extension.
- Open your Google Drive account and navigate to the folder where you want to store the converted PDF file. Right-click inside the folder and select Upload files. Navigate to the docx file you saved and select Open.
- This will bring the document into Google Drive as a Word file. Right-click the file, select Open with, and select Google Docs.
This will convert the Word document into Google Docs format. As you can see, this newly converted file contains a much better formatted version of the original PDF document.
- To complete the conversion, select File, and Save as Google Docs.
This will remove “.DOCX” at the top of the document and store the document as a full Google Doc.
This approach may require a few extra steps, but if the formatting of the original PDF document is important to you, this is a good method to bring that formatting over.
Other Ways To Convert PDF Documents
There are plenty of other tools and approaches you can use to convert a PDF document to Word or Google Docs. The option you choose depends which tools you have at your disposal.
- Use online or desktop PDF converter tools to convert from PDF to Word and then repeat the process above to convert the Word document to Google Docs.
- Use online tools to convert the PDF document to a JPG file and insert the JPG into your Google Doc.
- Use online tools to extract text out of the PDF document and insert the text into your Google Doc (if formatting doesn’t matter at all).
- Use online OCR services to convert troublesome PDF files that don’t convert easily into text format.
As you can see, when you want to convert PDFs to Google Docs, you have lots of great options available.