Re: TECH: pdf to html conversion

> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Roger Mills
> I am faced with the daunting task of converting my Prevli
> files to html rather than pdf's-- pdf's are very easy to do,
> but the ones I've done are huge files.  I'm pretty sure html
> files are smaller. Some of the Prevli files are lengthy-- at
> least as big as the comparable Kash files, and my Tripod
> website is in danger of getting overloaded).
>
> Does there exist a reliable, free (or cheap) thingy that can
> convert pdf's to html?  I see that Adobe offers one, but they
> mention that "foreign languages" may not work (umlauts etc.,
> and Prevli is full of special chars.).
>
> The alternative is to do the html-ing myself..........Some
> time ago I had Nvu, and never quite got the hang of it; but I
> might have to try it again. Any experiences???
The nice thing about PDF's is it preserves the typefaces, graphics and
formatting in tact.  HTML will have to rely on the presence of the correct
fonts on the client computer, and depending on the browser used and
individual settings, you may lose some formatting too.  The HTML will be
smaller, but don't forget all the embedded graphics.

I'm not sure about any software to convert, but I'd bet the full ($) version
of Acrobat probably has that ability because I do remember it having the
ability to export to a .DOC so it's likely to do HTML as well.  If not, then
you can save export the .DOC to HTML from Word.