Alchemy Translations

If the client sent the file in another format, not compatible with MS Office, ask him to send the file in source format, if he can't, then do the following:

PDF format:

- check it you can copy the whole text from in into DOC
- if not, ask the client to send the file in source format, like DOCX or PPTX, or else
- otherwise recognise the text using Adobe Acrobat Pro or Abbyy FineReader and save as Doc file (you will use it later while calculation)
- open in MS Word and see the number of words

Picture like JPEG or PNG:

- recognise the text in Abbyy FineReader and convert it to RTF or DOC
- open in MS Word and see the number of words and use it for further calculations

Other format, e.g. for InDesign or other special programme:

- check if it's compatible with Trados or other CAT-tool
- if yes, make a project and make analyze the file