Funny you should ask. I'm in the midst of reviewing several PDF programs. For this task, I think you take a look at ScanSoft PDF Converter 4 Professional from Nuance. They do batch conversion from or to PDF and their strength is the conversion feature. The cost is reasonable at only $99.99 (much cheaper than the comparable Adobe product). Good luck, Ron Ron Miller Freelance Technology Writing Since 1988 Contributing Editor, EContent Magazine email: ronsmiller at comcast.net web: http://www.ronsmiller.com blog: http://byronmiller.typepad.com Mary Malmros wrote: > ** The author of this post was a Good Dobee. > ** You too can help the group > ** Fill out the survey/skills inventory in the member's area. > ** If you did, we all thank you. > > > Greets, all, > > I'm looking for software that can convert PDF to text, and ideally that > has some options for reformatting or global replacement, since what I > most often need to do is to break a PDF file down into fields and spit > out tab-delimited text. I've been using a freeware product that just > isn't reliable when big files are involved. Does anyone have something > they like for this? > > TIA, >