pdf to web page

Question

I get a .pdf complete with images, fancy fonts, styles, gradients and what have you. Basically it's handed off to me with the message, "Make me a web page that looks exactly like this." I've tried a few pdf to html tools and they all look terrible. I figure I've only got 2 options and i hate them both.

1. convert the pdf to one big image and use an imagemap to add the links.
2. the screen copy tool that comes with acrobat reader to chop the file up into it's parts (buttons, logos, etc).

She uses Quarks to make this pdf. I've never used it, but I hear it is very popular. Are these really my only two options? Someone tell me I'm wrong, please.

Answer 1

Do not use one big image map. The more content you can convert from image to text, the better (more efficient) your HTML page will be.

Chop up the PDF into parts. Make the logos, etc. images, make text plain text, and make buttons button controls.

Answer 2

No they are not:

Adobes Online pdf to html service

or

pdftohtml

Answer 3

Grab what text you can out of the PDF and clean it up. Pull the PDF into Photoshop and slice out the graphical elements you want to use. Rebuild the page using the images and put your text in HTML format.

Make a slice of the gradients and use them as background images with repeat.

Try to explain to your client why the fancy font is unsuitable for this medium.

Edit:

If it's just going to be a screen shot, you might as well just put the PDF up in the first place. At least people can zoom in.

Answer 4

Exactly like what Diodeus said except-

- Find the fancy font and check to see how much it will cost to license or buy it. Build two bills and send them to your client, one with the fancy font and one with a standard font. Then see if she wants the fancy font. It will show that you take your job serious and may get you less strict project conditions.