[ddj] Unlocking PDF data

Sun May 26 08:35:03 UTC 2013

Thanks Andrew.

On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 12:49 PM, Andrew Duffy
<andrewjamesduffy at gmail.com>wrote:

> Last time I checked Google Drive could convert PDFs into editable
> documents if you tell it to.
>
> --Andrew Duffy (from Perth)
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> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Greg Barila <gregbarila at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Hi there. I'm a journalist based in Adelaide, South Australia. I've been
>> dabbling in some simple data journalism projects over the past couple of
>> years (see some examples here: http://adelaidedatablog.tumblr.com )
>>
>> I'm interested - does anybody know of a good, open-source tool for
>> converting PDFs into editable documents, preferably excel?
>>
>> I know about tools like Tabula - but it appears the tool is experimental
>> and not available for general use.
>>
>> Any tips would be appreciated.
>>
>> Greg
>> (@GregBarila)
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