What is the best way to convert pdf file into power point slides?

If you just need an image of the text Acrobat Reader has a snapshot tool. (Tools > Select and Zoom)

You can use the built in Win 7 "snipping" tool

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-ca/windows7/products/features/snipping-tool

This article lists a few alternate tools:

http://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-screen-capture-utility.htm

Personally, I use FastStone Capture:http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/office/forum/office_2007-powerpoint/what-is-the-best-way-to-convert-pdf-file-into/dea85663-5453-47a6-8b7d-3fc1b5d6415c

Can you suggest a good Graphics Snapshot tool?  I have been practicing screen capture and then

editing the image using paint. If there is tool which captures the part of the screen, it will be convenient.

Also, advice on how to get equations from pdf to power point.

Warm regards

CRSK

I've tested several programs that claim to be able to convert PDF to PowerPoint.  Some do a better job than others, but none that I'm aware of will convert the PDF, even one created in PPT originally, back to anything like a properly constructed PPT file.

You'll get a page of graphics (some raster, some vector depending on the source and the program used for the conversion) that LOOK like the PDF, but bulleted text, for example, won't necessarily turn into a normal PPT body text block.

Getting images to PPT or even entire PDF pages *as* images into PPT is quite simple and very effective, so long as the images in the PDF itself are of reasonable resolution.

The trick is to zoom in on the PDF in Reader before using the graphics snapshot tool to choose the area to be copied.

First, many of the things you are describing are not really suitable for PPTs: research papers? Thesis?

I don't know of a simple "1-step" method. I would use a several step process.

Many PDFs will allow you to select and copy text from them. You can Paste that into the PPT.  You can use screen capture tools to get pictures of the Pictures and graphics from the PDFs to paste into PPT.

For PDFs that are secured to prevent you from copying text you will have to try using an OCR tool.  MODI, MS Office Document Imaging (program) in the Tools folder will extract text from images.

PDF To Word Free

http://www.topshareware.com/PDF-to-Word-Free-download-94615.htm

2013 03 01, A quick review of the app shows it is worth using. It converts to text only, no character formatting preserved. Line placement is maintained, using a para mark at the end of each line (which I find acceptable). Graphics, and tables (?) are excluded. Short lines indicate where graphics have been excluded.

Handles columns intelligently, working left to right, placing extracted text top down in correct order.

OCR anything with OneNote 2007 and 2010

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/14595/ocr-anything-with-onenote-2007-and-2010/

You can also use Word as an intermediate step. Convert the PDF to Word,then move it into PPT

Convert a PDF to a Word Document

http://www.ehow.com/how\_7163625\_import-pdf-files-word.html

PDF to Word

·       Open a Web browser. Go to the PDF Converter website **http://www.freepdfconvert.com/convert\_pdf\_to\_source.asp******. Click “Browse,” then select a PDF file from your computer files. Click “Open” to upload the PDF. Select “Word (doc)” next to “Output format.” Enter a valid email address. Select “Attach files to email,” then click “Convert Your File.” Your converted Word document will be sent via email. Open the email, download the file and open it in Word.

·       Go to the PDF Online PDF2Word converter http://www.pdfonline.com/pdf2word/index.asp . Click “Browse” to upload a PDF from your computer. Click “Upload and Convert,” then wait while the file is converted. Right-click the highlighted link, then click “Save Link as” to download the Word document as a zip file. Double-click the zip file to open the Word document.

·       Go to Zamzar, a free online conversion website http://zamzar.com/ . Click “Browse” to upload a PDF from your computer. Click the “Convert file to” menu and select “doc.” Enter your email address, then click “Convert.” The file will be sent via email. Open the email, download the Word document and open it in Word.

How to Convert a PDF Image to Word Text

www.ehow.com/how_6851773_convert-pdf-image-word-text.html

How to Import PDF Files to Word Documents

http://www.ehow.com/how_6938934_import-pdf-files-word-documents.html

How to Convert PDF Drawings to Word With Freeware

http://www.ehow.com/how_5746610_convert-pdf-drawings-word-freeware.html

Converting PDF to Word Documents

http://word.tips.net/T000096_Converting_PDF_to_Word_Documents.html

You could also use OneNote as an intermediate step

PDF to OneNote

If you can’t import the PDF into OneNote, you can use the OneNote printer driver to “Print to OneNote”.

XPS2OneNote - Print to OneNote 2007 on 64 bit Vista or Windows 7 OS

https://xps2onenote.codeplex.com/