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

Thu Aug 30 06:13:42 UTC 2012

Tommy, thank you for your help!

I'll give those a try :)

Cheers!!

Diana

On 27 August 2012 12:14, Tommy Kaas <tommy.kaas at kaasogmulvad.dk> wrote:

> Hi Diana****
>
> What works depends a lot on the quality of the pdf. ****
>
> I have had some luck with: www.cometdocs.com****
>
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> 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****
>
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>
> *Fra:* data-driven-journalism-bounces at lists.okfn.org [mailto:
> data-driven-journalism-bounces at lists.okfn.org] *På vegne af *Diana
> Assennato Botello
> *Sendt:* 27. august 2012 11:55
> *Til:* List about Data Driven Journalism and Open Data in Journalism.
> *Emne:* [ddj] PDF to Excel (or Numbers, or Google Spreadsheet)****
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> Hey guys, yesterday I needed a good converter from PDF to Google
> Spreadsheet.****
>
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> I tried this online free service <http://pdftoexcelonline.com/> to create
> an xls. ****
>
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> The conversion was not that bad, but I was wondering if you guys have any
> recommendation for a newbie.****
>
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>
> Thanks!****
>
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>
> Diana****
>
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> http://diana.assennato.eu/****
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