Opening/working with a docx.pdf document Thread poster: Paula Loubier
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Paula Loubier 
United States
Local time: 19:02
French to English
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Hello. I received a document that was set up by the publisher in docx.pdf format that, when you click on it, is supposed to open directly into Word without having to convert it. I was asked to just add French accents on French quotations, then save it in .pdf format and send it back.
The first time I opened the document it opened in Word, but I noticed that after saving it and going back to work on it again, the formatting was really messed up.
I tried to go back to t... See more Hello. I received a document that was set up by the publisher in docx.pdf format that, when you click on it, is supposed to open directly into Word without having to convert it. I was asked to just add French accents on French quotations, then save it in .pdf format and send it back.
The first time I opened the document it opened in Word, but I noticed that after saving it and going back to work on it again, the formatting was really messed up.
I tried to go back to the original e-mail and reopen the document, but it opened in Adobe and I could not edit it without converting it to Word, which again messed the format up.
The client (a private party) thinks I did something horrible to the formatting, which I did not touch. All I can imagine is that a setting got changed, or was inadvertently changed by me, and this is causing the problem.
Is anyone familiar with this type of set up? Do I need to change a setting?
What should have been a one hour project has turned into a BIG headache!
I would be most grateful for any suggestions! ▲ Collapse
| | | | Stepan Konev
Russian Federation
Local time: 03:02
English to Russian
| Ask your client to give you an editable format. | Feb 12, 2016 |
Hi Paula,
To avoid 'horrible actions' on your side, I would leave it for client. Ask your client to give you an editable document – they need it edited, don't they.
After you return the document as edited, they can make a pdf version as needed.
That is what I would do.
| | | | Rolf Keller
Germany
Local time: 02:02
English to German
| There is no such thing like a docx.pdf format | Feb 12, 2016 |
Paula Loubier wrote:
a document that was set up by the publisher in docx.pdf format that, when you click on it, is supposed to open directly into Word without having to convert it. I was asked to just add French accents on French quotations, then save it in .pdf format and send it back.
What is a docx.pdf format? It's a .pdf document, isn't it? There is no way to convert from .pdf to .docx just because .pdf doesnt't contain all necessary formatting info – period.
Recent Word versions are able to read & write .pdf, but this is a crutch solution that will work only with certain simple formattings.
Is anyone familiar with this type of set up? Do I need to change a setting?
The workflow is wrong, not your settings.
The only solution: For minor changes edit the .pdf in Adobe Acrobat directly. For greater changes edit the original using the original text processor software, then convert it to a .pdf using Acrobat. Your client seems to be a computer illiterate, otherwise he hadn't given the instructions.
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