Can your PDF to Word conversion software convert multi-column scanned PDF to Word?

eePDF PDF to Word OCR Converter is a useful PDF to Word conversion software, with which you can convert scanned PDF to Word document maintaining multiple columns. To covert multi-column scanned PDF to Word document, four steps is enough: run the PDF to Word conversion software, input the source PDF file, set options and export the Word document. The following will show you how to do it step by step.

1. Run eePDF PDF to Word OCR Converter

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After you install the PDF to Word conversion software in your computer, you can run it by
Right click the icon of eePDF PDF to Word OCR Converter;
Choose [Open] on the drop down menu.
Then, the following eePDF PDF to Word OCR Converter interface will appear on the computer screen.

Figure 1: Interface of eePDF PDF to Word OCR Converter

2. Input the multi-column scanned PDF file

Drag the scanned PDF file to the list box of eePDF PDF to Word OCR Converter. This is the easiest way for you to add PDF file to the PDF to Word conversion software.

Figure 2: Add the scanned PDF file with multiple columns

3. Select option 8: [OCR PDF file (Language: English)] in the pull down listing in [Output Option] combo box.

if the text in the scanned PDF file is English. This will help the computer optical recognize the characters in the original scanned PDF file. If the scanned PDF file is written in another language, our PDF to Word conversion software supports the following five more languages: French, German, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese.
Moreover, if your PDF file is not scanned PDF files, you should choose one of the first seven options in the pull down listing.

Figure 3: Select option 8

4. Export the Word document

Click [Convert] in the interface, Then, the [Save As] dialog box below will appear on the computer screen. In the [Save As] dialog box, you should
Select a directory in the [Save in] combo box as well as the list box;
Type the file name in the [File name] edit box;
Click [Save] to close the [Save As] dialog box
The computer will open the Word document with multiple columns by default, and then you can view the effect of conversion.

Figure 4: Export the Word document

5. Comparison

The following is the comparison between the original scanned PDF file and the output Word document. Obviously, the columns are well preserved from the scanned PDF to Word.

Figure 5a: the source scanned multi-column PDF file

Figure 5b: the output format