PDF to Word when FOIA releases arrive as flattened PDFs but counsel needs track changes
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Agencies redact then rasterize—converting to DOCX jump-starts privilege logs without retyping grids.
FOIA responses often bundle spreadsheets exported to PDF with heavy redactions. Outside counsel still needs editable tables to annotate privilege assertions row by row. Converting through a structured pipeline produces DOCX drafts where counsel can apply Word track changes faster than transcribing from static grids.
Verify numbers
Re-sum critical totals—OCR and column detection can misplace decimals on scanned exhibits.
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