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PDF to Word — Keep Footnotes (Legal, 2026)
2026-05-03
6 min read
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.
Related: Scanned PDF to Word.
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