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Is it possible to convert a PDF in Canvas to an editable word document?
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You can't convert a PDF from within Canvas that I'm aware of, but if you download it to your computer you can convert the file with Microsoft Word by right clicking on the PDF file and selecting the "Open With..." option that will give you the option to open the file into Word and convert it that way. Note that these steps are mostly for Windows PCs, it may be a similar process on a Mac, but I'm not sure though.
You can't convert a PDF from within Canvas that I'm aware of, but if you download it to your computer you can convert the file with Microsoft Word by right clicking on the PDF file and selecting the "Open With..." option that will give you the option to open the file into Word and convert it that way. Note that these steps are mostly for Windows PCs, it may be a similar process on a Mac, but I'm not sure though.
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