Easy-to-use software for converting PDF into HTML.Comments on:

By: danio

danio — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:55:33 +0000

@AK Word makes a real mess when saving as HTML so converting PDF to Word then to HTML sounds pretty silly, and much better to have a dedicated program that doesn’t depend on Word being installed.

By: craig

craig — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:58:19 +0000

I would suggest cutepdf, great tool, just like commercial proffesional tools and works like a print queue with any application, just prints to PDF!

By: G

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:58:04 +0000

This does *not* just create HTML pages as images. It does indeed convert text pdfs to text html. Unfortunately they’re all absolutely positions with divs and not too editable. But it’s far better than nothing and can be used as a first hack at a conversion which you can then tweak manually for better results.

The software is better than most of the comments above would have you believe. (However pay attention to fubar’s caveat about how this screws up your VB runtime. I didn’t spot this until a couple of days after installing :-( )

By: RR

RR — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 10:48:09 +0000

Works good as long as pdf is not copy protected. If you can’t select a line of text and copy/paste it into a document, this tool won’t work – output is gibberish.

By: James

James — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:04:29 +0000

Not good at all. The sentences are over lapped on top of each other.It’s off center and much more. Why would any one put something like this out on the market.

By: Fubar

Fubar — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:55:10 +0000

Most people here only want free stuff, but if you're serious about PDF, you might consider Nuance PDF Converter Professional 5. PDF to Word plus PDF to HTML would cost you $100. For that price, you can get PDF Converter Professional 5, or if you're an existing Nuance customer, PDF Converter Professional 5 Enterprise Edition. To see all the features, see the feature comparison matrix. Be sure to click "Next page" at the bottom of each page--it goes on for six pages. It won't convert to HTML, but it supports several other formats, does OCR, etc. #92, Willem, PDF Converter Professional 5 supports secure PDFs and can speak PDFs or convert them to .wav audio files.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:36:28 +0000

Unable to execute file:
C:\ProgramFiles\PDF to HTML\pdf2html.exe

CreateProcessfailed;code 14001.
This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

Did anyone else get this error… and something about dll 60 not installing? Needless to say I can’t get this one to work. It is a shame, because I would have liked to have it too.

By: CB

CB — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:28:19 +0000

On XP system, installed easily. Tried a few conversions incl on a step by step tutorial. Like others said, it got the pictures fine but totally skipped the text explaining the pictures. Nice concept. Poor excution. Gave it a thumbs down but will keep it in my tool box to see further.

Why does it not have a min bar? Wanted to keep it available for the next convert when needed it, but not on top of stuff while I wanted to check and use the conversion.

By: j

Fri, 26 Sep 2008 05:04:50 +0000

75% of the posts refer to PDF creators. You all do realize this takes a PDF (aready a pdf) and converts it to HTML, so you can post it on a webpage and such?

By: hotdoge3

hotdoge3 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 04:31:22 +0000

some time very good,test on 7.63 MB pdf and all I got is 40 kb jpeg & not responding CPU 99% Page File 1.02 GB have 3 GB if need 2 GB Ram test on 30.pdf & 20 ok as for some of them cut off down the side.