Convert djvu to pdf mac

posted this in Howto, Mac on March 26th, 2011

convert djvu to pdf mac

How can you convert a djvu file to a pdf?  You’ll need to download DjVuLibre, an open source program.

Post-install open up your djvu file, and select “export as”:

Select format “PDF Document”:

Hit OK.

Your document should now be converting:

You will notice that your PDF is basically just a bunch of screenshots.  If you want searchable text you’ll need adobe acrobat professional.

Here’s how to convert the PDF so the text is selectable and searchable (from Adobe Acrobat Professional):

 

That’s how you can convert djvu to pdf mac

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20 comments to Convert djvu to pdf mac

• Steve

  April 3, 2011 at 5:20 pm · Reply

  Man, Thank you so much I have been searching for a solution to this problem.
  A lot of bs on macrumers but your solution is easy and best of all WORKing.

  Thanks a bunch

  • ssstonebraker

    April 25, 2011 at 5:03 am · Reply

    glad i could help, i had to post this article because I suffered the same frustration you spoke about =)

• sunflower

  April 30, 2011 at 1:22 am · Reply

  thankyou for posting this as I have been looking how to do this for a while.
  is on mac – adobe acrobat pro 10.x same as “acrobat professional” – because I feel very silly as I cannot find the menu option you are showing. thx

  • ssstonebraker

    May 4, 2011 at 1:23 pm · Reply

    try reinstalling it, there may be an option that you have to select to enable ocr during install

• sunflower

  April 30, 2011 at 2:20 am · Reply

  related but off topic question – given PDF bloated in size – can you help me understanding compression of the file without loss of quality?

  • ssstonebraker

    May 4, 2011 at 1:31 pm · Reply

    please refer to http://www.adobe.com/designcenter/acrobat/articles/acr7optimize.html

• maldica112

  October 5, 2011 at 4:31 pm · Reply

  thanks for the post really elegant solution have been looking for it for sometime

• pierre

  November 4, 2011 at 1:09 am · Reply

  Hi
  Thanks for the tip! Is there a way to make this scriptable? It would help bulk conversions…

  Pierre

• joni wong

  November 5, 2011 at 4:00 am · Reply

  thanks so much ,trimakasih from jakarta,indonesia

• Kim

  November 6, 2011 at 1:59 am · Reply

  Thank you. It’s really wonderful!

• Paul

  November 30, 2011 at 11:16 am · Reply

  Be the father of my firstborn! (and I’m a dude)

• Mac

  December 23, 2011 at 11:33 pm · Reply

  Thanks for this article! Saved me a lot of time searching and made the decision easy for me. What a great post you offer!

• Tom

  December 28, 2011 at 5:20 am · Reply

  Cheers, cool stuff!
  I was also looking for a long time how to do this, thanks!
  Tom

• charlie

  January 4, 2012 at 11:10 pm · Reply

  Thank you! This really helps a lot!

• Kar

  February 16, 2012 at 1:35 pm · Reply

  FINALLY! Thank you!

• pacifiedguy

  June 22, 2012 at 8:52 am · Reply

  where the program???
  how to use the application???

  I don’t see the program or application to convert djvu file to pdf.

  How to use in Mac???

• djvu help appreciated

  July 5, 2012 at 10:04 pm · Reply

  This is a great tutorial, thanks!

• JImmy Rustled

  September 6, 2012 at 1:42 am · Reply

  Thanks, it took me a while to find this article and it helped me very much. Thanks again.

• Ham

  December 27, 2012 at 1:28 pm · Reply

  Great Job man, you are the best, hope there were more including me to help out anyone, well thanks for the letting us know about it. It really Helped a lot….

• Haroen

  May 10, 2013 at 3:20 am · Reply

  Thanks a lot for posting this, was of great help! Cheers.