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Posted By: mikeeb Convert PDF to Excel - 21st Nov 2013 10:44am
I want to convert it to excel for editing forms.
Whats the best program for this?
Freeware that is grin
Cheers

Posted By: Mark Re: Convert PDF to Excel - 21st Nov 2013 11:10am
I dont think you can convert a PDF into EXCEL.
Normally is comer delimited.

If you can copy and paste the date into a text file you might be half way.

Adobe does an Editable version of PDF but i'm sure this depends upon how its been saved in the first place.

Try to think of it like this, your PDF document may as well as be a image for the way it handles text. You cant export values if its an image.

No idea on freeware. sorry.
Posted By: OxtonHill Re: Convert PDF to Excel - 21st Nov 2013 11:13am
http://www.pdftoexcel.org/

https://www.pdftoexcelonline.com/
Posted By: mikeeb Re: Convert PDF to Excel - 21st Nov 2013 11:31am
Thanks oxton but I don't want to use online ones, they require an email addy which I hate giving out all the time (they all want it)
Just used zamzar.com and got a security alert when opening the converted file
Is there a tried and tested program out there that someone on here uses or used that is reliable?

Posted By: Mark Re: Convert PDF to Excel - 21st Nov 2013 11:47am
Ive learned smile

Mike set up a new e-mail account with Google or Microsoft and use that as your dedicated spam account smile

That way in the future you can close it down and not effect your personal email account.
Posted By: zigzagwanderer Re: Convert PDF to Excel - 21st Nov 2013 12:03pm
THIS might do the job .
Posted By: mikeeb Re: Convert PDF to Excel - 21st Nov 2013 12:27pm
Originally Posted by zigzagwanderer
THIS might do the job .


Just downloaded it, all fine (skip install of the loads of crap bundled with it)
When I try to open converted file I get the same as zamar.com


Attached picture Excel warning.png
Posted By: mikeeb Re: Convert PDF to Excel - 21st Nov 2013 12:50pm
I opened it anyway
What it should look like smile
https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/209995/v62.pdf
What it does look like oshocked




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Posted By: mikeeb Re: Convert PDF to Excel - 21st Nov 2013 1:29pm
Bo**ocks to it
I filled it in with pen (handwriting terrible) grin
Posted By: OxtonHill Re: Convert PDF to Excel - 21st Nov 2013 2:54pm
Originally Posted by mikeeb
I don't want to use online ones, they require an email addy which I hate giving out all the time


I always use MaskMe
https://www.abine.com/maskme/

When using email online, never had a problem. Something to think about if you need to do things like this a lot. thumbsup
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