PDF to Word Converter

Start Microsoft Word and open a template file that you want to change the default file name of. All of the template files will end with the .doc file extension.

Choose the "File" menu and click on "Properties" to open the "Properties" dialog box. This dialog box contains all the properties for the template file that you currently have open.

Click the "Summary" tab, located in the "Properties" dialog box. This displays the summary information for the template you have open.

Select the text in the "Title" text box so the text is highlighted. The text you see is the default file name for the template file you have open.

Type the new name you would like to use as the default file name. As you begin to type, the text you have selected deletes and your custom file name replaces it. Do not include the .doc file extension after you have typed the new name.

Click "OK" and the "Properties" dialog box closes, allowing you to return to your template.

Choose the "File" menu and click "Save" to save the property changes you have made to the template. The next time you go to save a new document using the template, the new default file name displays.

Start Microsoft Word 2007, and create a new, blank document or open an existing document from your files.

Click the "Office button" at the top left side of the Word 2007 screen to display a drop-down box of options.

Select the "Word Options" button on the bottom, right side of the "Office button" drop-down box. The "Word Options" dialog box will appear on the screen.

Choose the "Save" category on the left side of the "Word Options" dialog box to display the save options for Word 2007 in the right side of the dialog box.

Make a selection from the "Save files in this format" drop-down list. The drop-down list is the first option in the "Save documents" category on the right side of the "Word Options" dialog box. You can choose to change the default file format to another version of Word file, Word template, Web page, Word file or RTF. The file type you choose will be the default file format for any documents that are saved from this point forward in Word 2007.

Use the "OK" button to close the "Word Options" dialog box and return to your Word document.

Navigate to the word files location on your computer. This varies to where the file is saved.

Right-click the file and select either "Zip" or "Compress" (depending on what software you have on your computer) from the pull-down menu.

Wait for the program to begin to zip. Once it does, cancel the process. The new zip file is created, but not of the entire file (due to the process being canceled part way through the compression process). Delete the original word file and extract the word document from the zip file. The file does not open because it is only a partial copy of the original file.

Select the original file (if you do not want to zip it) and select "Rename." Go into where the file extension is of the file. Change some of the letters in this and click "Save." With the file extension off, the computer may not know how to open the file. For example, if you had a Word document titled "Report.doc," you would go in and change the ".doc" to anything else. If the file is changed to "Report.dml," it does not open properly.

Locate the Microsoft Word file that you want to restore on the computer's hard drive. Save a copy of the file by right-clicking the name of the file and selecting "Save as..." from the menu.

Name the file something that will differentiate it as the most recent version of the file. When a file is restored in Windows, it replaces the most recent version of the file with the restored version. If you do not create the new file, you will lose any changes you have made since the previous version of the file was saved.

Right-click the Word file that you want to restore again and select "Properties." The "Properties" window will open.

Click on the "Previous Versions" tab in the "Properties" window. Select the version of the file that you want to restore from the list of previous file versions listed and click "Restore."

Press the "Yes" button to confirm that you want to restore the file when the pop-up warning message appears on the screen. The most recent version of the Microsoft Word file will be replaced with the version of the file that you selected from the list.

Open a new document in Microsoft Word. Write and format all the content in the document.

Save a copy of your Word document by pressing Ctrl + S. Before you turn it into a PDF, you want to make sure you have an original file to return to if you need to make changes.

Click the Microsoft Office button. Select Save As. Click PDF or XPS. A new window will open.

Type a name for the file in the "File Name" text box. Select "PDF" in the "Save as Type" text box.

Check the box next to "Open File After Publishing." This will open the file immediately after it is saved if you have a PDF reader, such as Acrobat, on your computer. Under "Optimize For," select either "Standard (Publishing Online and Printing)" or "Minimum Size (Publishing Online)." If the document requires high-quality printing, select standard.

Click "Options" to select options, such as the page range you want to publish. Click "Publish."

Open the document in Adobe Acrobat. If it is your default PDF reader, it will open the document automatically.

Create a word processing document. Whether you choose to use a pre-formatted template or create your own document, the process is much the same. Simply open your word processing software by either double clicking the icon on your desktop or access it from your Programs menu.

Create a folder. After you have created your document, it will be time to determine the best place to save a copy. The best way to manage word processing documents is to file them into folders. To create a new folder, open your My Documents folder. Click on "Start," then "Documents" and "My Documents." Click on "File," then "New," then "Folder." A new folder will appear in the window. Type the new folder's name into the highlighted section under the folder.

Save your document. Bring your word processing document back to the front by clicking on it from the title bar below your workspace. Click on "File," then "Save As." A new dialog box will open, generally in the "My Documents" folder. If, when you perform this function, the computer does not automatically open into "My Documents," scroll through the list of folders until you find it. Double click on the folder you previously created and then name your word processing document. The name should reflect something about the file itself; however, any name will work as long as you can remember which document the title is referring to. After you name the document, click "OK."

Retrieve the document. If you find that you need to reopen the document after saving it, simply open "My Documents" and double click on the folder in which the document is saved. Double click on the document icon. The document will then reopen for modification and/or sharing.

Go to Microsoft Word and open the document that you want to turn into a PowerPoint file.

Check the layout of your document and switch to outline view by clicking on "View" and "Outline." The text on each line will be placed on its own slide in PowerPoint unless you change the outline levels.

Select the titles in the outline and click on the "Outline Level" drop-down list within the "Outlining Toolbar." Pick "Level 1" for each title and press the "Enter" key once after each.

Place your cursor on the line containing the body for your slide (under a heading/title). Choose "Level 2" for the body and press the "Enter" key after each. PowerPoint will add a bullet after each line. To create a new level, click on the line you want to update and choose "Levels 3-9."

Select "File," "Send To" and "Microsoft Office PowerPoint" once the document is organized as an outline. You will be directed to Microsoft PowerPoint.

Save the file as a PowerPoint by selecting "File" and "Save." Choose the default PPT file extension and name your file. Then click on "Save."

Open the Microsoft Word application on your computer. Click in the area of text in your document where you want the WAV audio attachment to be placed.

Click on the "Insert" option from the top toolbar menu, and then click on the "Object' option. Click on the "Create New" tab.

Locate the "Wave Sound" option and click on it. The "Sound Object in Interactive Word" box will then appear. Click on the "record" button to record the audio you want attached to your document.

Close out of the recorder box when you're finished. The audio icon will then appear in your document and you can play it at any time by double-clicking on it.

Click on the "Insert" option again if you want to insert a WAV file that already exists on your computer. Click on the "Object" option and then click on the "Create from File" tab.

Click on the "Browse" button and locate the WAV file you want to attach. Click on the option next to the "Link to file" field to create a link to the WAV file, if you want. Click on the "OK" button, and the WAV file will then be attached in your document.

Start Word 2007 by clicking on the program icon or opening a Word document.

Click the "Microsoft Office Button," which appears as the Microsoft Windows logo, in the upper-left hand corner of the window.

Select "Word Options," which will present you with customizable settings. Click "Advanced" in the left-hand pane to pull up various options in the right-hand pane. Note the current value listed for "Show this number of Recent Documents." The default value is 17, but your settings may vary.

Change the listed value to zero, and click "OK" to save your changes. Word has now erased the history of most recently opened documents. At this point, you have two options: you can keep this value at zero to prevent Word from recording your history, or you can change the settings back to the value that was listed before. Word will have erased your past history, but will continue to track any other documents that you open from now on.

Look at the file extension on the word processor file. It may be .txt or .wks. The wks extension is for Microsoft works files. Microsoft works was a slimmed down version of Word that often came with Packard Bell computers. Early versions of Microsoft Word would not read works files though. You can save the file to a CD or flash drive or other external media and open the file in a computer that has a newer version of Word installed.

Double-click on the word processor file to see if any program opens it by default.
Try opening Microsoft Word and then opening the file from within Word. Later versions of Word incorporate the ability to open works files.

Try using a text editor. Open WordPad or Notepad, which are in the accessories folder of the Programs menu. Open the file from the file menu and see if the text comes up readable.

Buy or borrow a copy of Microsoft Works if nothing else opens the file. Works still comes as free software on some computers, but is also available from computer retailers and Microsoft's website. Even the newer version of Works should open older Works files. Open the works files by going to the File menu in Works and then choosing "Open" and browsing to the file.

Download and install a Word restore program. See "References," below, for links to restore programs.

Launch the Word file restore program. Double-click the desktop icon if available. If not, click "Start," choose "All Programs" and select the program tab.

Click and drag the Word file into the main viewing area of the program, or click "Add File" and select the corrupt Word file you want to restore.

Select the file you just inserted into the program by checking off the box next to the file name.

Click "Repair File," and the program repairs and restores the corrupt Word .doc file.

Download a full version or free trial of a zip utility, such as WinZip or StuffIt, if one is not pre-installed on your computer (see "Resources" section for link).

Locate a Microsoft Office file using Windows Explorer, such as a Word document or Excel file. Click "Start" and open "Documents" to find a document.

Right-click a file you want to compress.

Click the shortcut menu command that corresponds to your zip utility, such as "Add to Zip File" or "Add to Archive." This will immediately create the zipped file and save it on your computer.

Open Microsoft Outlook if you want to send a zipped file to an attached Outlook email. Compose a new message and click "Insert File" to create an attachment. Double-click your zipped file to insert it. If you haven't created a zip file yet, select the file you want to attach and right-click. Under the zip utility command, select "Zip and Email." It will create a zip file and insert it into the email.

Open Microsoft Word.

Press "Ctrl"+"O" to bring up the browse window. Then browse your computer to find
a Word document in which you will insert the link. Double-click on the file to open it in Microsoft Word.

Select a place in the document, for instance a word, phrase or even a sentence, where you will insert a PDF file link; clicking on this link will open the PDF file.

Click "Insert" > "Links" > "Hyperlink." This will open the browse window.

Find the PDF file by browsing your computer.

Double-click on the PDF file to insert the link into the Word document.

Press and hold the key "Ctrl" and then click on the link created to open the PDF file from the Word document.