2. Converting documents

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2. Converting documents

What Cnvrtr can read

The result is a document you can keep editing in Word, Pages or LibreOffice. Cnvrtr carries over headings, paragraphs and the page format from the original as well as it can.

Converting a file

1. Drag the file onto the area Drop PDF(s) or image(s) here. Or click Select file(s)….
2. Cnvrtr shows the progress, for example Running OCR (page 2 of 5)… and then Creating Word document….
3. Unless set otherwise, Cnvrtr asks for a name and location. When it is finished, you see Done: with the file name.

If Automatically open converted document is on in the settings, the result opens right away.

To stop a running conversion, click Cancel.

Several files at once

If you drop several files at once, Cnvrtr asks:

• Merge into one Word document: all files end up one after another in a single document.
• Create a separate Word document for each file: you choose a destination folder once, and Cnvrtr saves all documents there.

Merging PDFs

With the Merge PDFs checkbox at the top of the main window, you combine several PDFs into one before anything is converted. The order of the dropped files sets the page order.

Then you choose:

• Recognize (convert to Word): the merged PDF is converted as usual.
• Save as PDF: Cnvrtr only saves the merged PDF, without converting it.

Pasting from the clipboard

If you copied a photo on your iPhone, insert it with Paste from Clipboard; Handoff brings the clipboard over to the Mac. This also works with images and PDFs you copied on the Mac.

Sharing and printing the result

After a conversion, three small icons appear at the top right, above the drop area. Hover over them to see what they do: