Hello I am using SDL 2017. I have just finished to translate file in PDF format. And I made a finalization with "Batch" function but in the end the translated version is in DOC Version. Is it possible to change it in PDF format?

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Hello I am using SDL 2017. I have just finished to translate file in PDF format. And I made a finalization with "Batch" function but in the end the translated version is in DOC Version. Is it possible to change it in PDF format? (In brief, I don't want to change type of format PDF->PDF not DOCX.

Paul · Answer

Hi Sangyun Lee , 
 
Although your file was a PDF it is actually translated as a DOCX. It is converted on opening and then the target is a DOCX too. This is normally desirable behaviour because 9/10 times you need to edit the final file to tidy it up a bit (that's the nature of PDF conversion). So if you want a PDF you need to convert it in Word - just save as PDF. Perhaps this would be a nice little batch task for the AppStore if anyone fancied doing it, to convert the finished files to PDF where appropriate.

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Hello I am using SDL 2017. I have just finished to translate file in PDF format. And I made a finalization with "Batch" function but in the end the translated version is in DOC Version. Is it possible to change it in PDF format?