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miffywebb
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PDF to JPEG?

Post by miffywebb » 20 Jul 2008 08:11

I have been REALLY stupid[oops].  I recently met with a relative who let me scan, for personal use, a number of docs, and photos, in my exceitment I didnt check what format I was saving the scans as and I have saved everything as PDF. I can only change the view, lots are upside down, it doesnt save the changes AND I saved the pics on PDF[frown] which I dont think I should have.  Can anyone help me sort out my mess, I am unlikely to be able to rescan these items.[cry]

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PDF to JPEG?

Post by Jane » 20 Jul 2008 08:28

You can use http://www.zamzar.com/ to convert the PDF files to .png format which will be fine for use with FH. You can do 5 at a time with the free version.

If you need to take them back to .jpg for use in other programs see
http://www.online-tech-tips.com/compute ... pg-format/

for instructions.
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PDF to JPEG?

Post by miffywebb » 21 Jul 2008 12:58

Thanks again Jane, I still cant believe I didnt check what I was doing!!!

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PDF to JPEG?

Post by miffywebb » 05 Aug 2008 20:48

I have used this link to convert a PDF to png file, thank you.  But I still cant seem to change the image from portrait to landscape, have I missed something??[confused]

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PDF to JPEG?

Post by Jane » 06 Aug 2008 07:05

Just rotate the image in any standard image viewing/editing software, such as Irfanview or similar
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PDF to JPEG?

Post by miffywebb » 06 Aug 2008 16:31

[smile]  Thank you yet again, Jane, you have saved my sanity[smile]

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PDF to JPEG?

Post by HiTowerUK » 13 Oct 2008 11:34

You've probably solved this by now, but if you have Adobe Photoshop, you can open your pdf file with it and then just save it as any Photoshop supported format you like, including jpg.[smile]

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PDF to JPEG?

Post by tLeodiensian » 17 Oct 2008 18:26

If you don't have Photoshop, 'The Gimp' is an excellent free alternative.  It too will load PDFs and save them as anything you like.
See :-
http://www.gimp.org/downloads/
and click on the link
:- Download GIMP 2.6.1 – Installer for Windows 2000 and above.  It will take you to a sourceforge page and automatically start to download the installation file after a couple of seconds.

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