Can you convert a PDF to an EXCEL Spreadsheet?

[KimC]

One of my coworkers is trying to do this and we wanted to find out if it's
possible...We have 2003 Version...

Thanks

Kim

[Jim Jackson]

There is at least one PDF conversion program available at most computer
stores. I know it allows one to convert to Word and am fairly certain it
does so for Excel but you would need to check that out. I don't know of any
Excel capability of importing from pdf.
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Best wishes,

Jim


"KimC" wrote:

> One of my coworkers is trying to do this and we wanted to find out if it's
> possible...We have 2003 Version...
>
> Thanks
>
> Kim

[Jim Jackson]

One is called PDF PRO and it claims to be able to convert to Excel.
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Best wishes,

Jim


"KimC" wrote:

> One of my coworkers is trying to do this and we wanted to find out if it's
> possible...We have 2003 Version...
>
> Thanks
>
> Kim

[Christmas May]

Kim,

I'm interested in any progress or findings you obtain. I also am in need of
this feature/program. We have a company database that basically only has
*.pdf for output. The output is very "tabluar" in form and It would be
greatly appreciated to somehow get it into an excel file.

I first attempted to "select all" "copy" inside of Adobe Reader and paste it
into a text file (Notepad for example). From there I was going to write VBA
code to read this text file into an Excel file. THIS METHOD DIDN'T WORK FOR
ME.

I then did a google search and found several programs you could purchase
that are suppose to accomplish this very thing. I downloaded a "trial
version" of one program which supposedly had all the functionallity, but
would only convert three pages of *.pdf file (hence, trial version). It
worked "somewhat okay". Unfortuneately I don't remember the site/program
that I used. i HOPE YOU FIND A BETTER ONE THAN I FOUND!

I've also learned that the *.pdf file format is basically an "open format"
as Adobe wants everything to use this format (printers, scanners, word
processors, etc.) The reference is available at

http://partners.adobe.com/public/dev...reference.html

I have used this document to create some basic *.pdf files, however, haven't
been able to "decode" anything yet. I'm also aware there are several other
viewers of *.pdf format files other than Adobe Reader. I'm specifically
aware of these for Linux operating systems.

Sincerely,

Christmas May
christmas050873_deletethis@hotmail.com


"KimC" wrote:

> One of my coworkers is trying to do this and we wanted to find out if it's
> possible...We have 2003 Version...
>
> Thanks
>
> Kim

[NickHK]

Kim,
With full blown Acrobat Pro, NOT the Reader, you can .SaveAs a variety
format, although Excel is not one of them Text, XML & HTML are. From that it
is easy to get into Excel.
Also you can select tables and open directly in Excel.
A quick look show Acrobat 6.0 at about US$110 from Amazon.

NickHK

"KimC" <KimC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> One of my coworkers is trying to do this and we wanted to find out if it's
> possible...We have 2003 Version...
>
> Thanks
>
> Kim

[MDubbelboer]

i've used the readiris demo with success. in demo form it only does 50pages but if you have a pdf splitter this isn't a huge problem.

I'd give it a go, it's got a 30day trial so you'll be able to get a good gauge on how well it'll serve your purposes