[ddj] PDF to Excel (or Numbers, or Google Spreadsheet)

[Diana Assennato Botello]

Amazing, Tommy.

Excellent tips :)

Thanks a lot!

On 27 August 2012 12:50, Tommy Kaas <tommybirchkaas at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Diana
>
> What works depends a lot on the quality of the pdf.
>
> I have had some luck with: www.cometdocs.com
>
>
>
> I also have the free xpdf on my computer – you have to run it from the
> command line.
>
> http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/
>
> (An old manual from IRE: *http://tinyurl.com/8e5sfs7)*
>
> * *
>
> If the pdf file is created be scanning a page and saving it as a
> “picture”, none of these tools will do. Then you must use an OCR
> application. There are a number of tools. I have had most luck with ABBYY
> FineReader. It costs, but it’s possible to download a free trial version:
> https://store.abbyyeu.com/cgi-bin/dlreg/ml=EN?ID=FR11PETB**
>
> * *
>
> Good luck,
>
> Tommy
>
> 2012/8/27 Diana Assennato Botello <lamajavestida at gmail.com>
>
>> Hey guys, yesterday I needed a good converter from PDF to Google
>> Spreadsheet.
>>
>> I tried this online free service <http://pdftoexcelonline.com/> to
>> create an xls.
>>
>> The conversion was not that bad, but I was wondering if you guys have any
>> recommendation for a newbie.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Diana
>>
>> http://diana.assennato.eu/
>>
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