To convert PDF to Excel could be time saving if files are downloaded from the Internet.
In Excel the data could be used in creating graphs, charts, or tables in other applications.
It is easier to analyze data in Excel using the available tools.
When you convert PDF to Excel file, the user should use the Professional version of Adobe Acrobat or find a supplier who has the software so that the PDF to Excel conversion will work.
The Adobe Acrobat Reader software does not change the document format.
PDF to Excel Conversion in Document You can convert PDF to Excel by saving it in a text format.
First of all, open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Pro.
Go to file menu and select the "Save As" option and in the "Save as type" save the document in ".
txt" format.
The Adobe Professional helps the user to save the file in Word, applying the formatting that makes the file difficult to change in Excel.
It is easier to manipulate ".
txt" type in Excel as a text file does not have the concealed formatting which a Word document does that will intervene with formatting it appropriately in Excel.
Open the Document in Excel Once the file is saved in ".
txt" format, the document could be easily opened in Excel.
The file will be reformatted to confirm that all the numbers are in the suitable columns.
In order to reduce errors, you can print a hard copy of the downloaded document and compare it with the original file to the file that is on the computer screen.
Organizing Columns The data you receive might not be in proper columns, but need not worry, because Excel has tools that will put the data into appropriate columns.
The user has to select the column that contains the data, pulling down the "Data" option, selecting Text to Columns option.
Looking at the data, the user needs to get common denominator that separates numbers from each other.
Excel provides two options: a) delimited that looks for commas or tabs, and b) fixed.
Selecting fixed Excel looks for spaces between the data in the column.
Select appropriate alternative determining the applied situation.
You will have to take care of spaces in the first and the second row.
If the second row has more descriptive words than the first row, the numbers would not be in the proper columns.
Once the steps are followed using the Text to Column wizard, the data should be aligned correctly.