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PDF to Word — Keep Footnotes (Legal, 2026)

2026-05-03

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Digital born vs scan

Text-native PDFs flow best into PDF to Word. Image-only briefs need OCR PDF first.

Proofing standard

Zoom footnote anchors to 200% and compare against the court PDF — same diligence you would apply after Acrobat exports.

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