converting pdf to excel

[scott]

I am wondering if there is a way to convert data, tables,
and graphs from a pdf format into excel. If anyone knows
how, please let me know. Thanks.

Scott

 

[jaf]

Hi Scott,
It depends on the PDF document. If security setting prohibit copy/paste,
nothing can be done without the password.

If you have the Acrobat editor there is a table copy options under the text
selector tool.

Worst case is a screen capture, save as picture, use OCR software to scrap
the text.

 

[Harlan Grove]

It depends on the PDF document. If security setting prohibit copy/paste,
nothing can be done without the password.

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Ghostscript may be able to open PDF files and write them to plain text files.
Formatting may be lost.

 

[Harlan Grove]

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Ghostscript may be able to open PDF files and write them to plain text files.
Formatting may be lost.

Don't need Ghostscript, though it'd probably work. There's a fairly large DOS
utility that converts PASSWORD-PROTECTED PDF files (just tested & verified) to
plain text available at

http://www.simtel.net/pub/pd/51612.html

Formatting is mostly lost, but so much for PDF security. Moral: if a file can be
rendered into something readable on screen, it's not secure. Whether this means
secure files are effectively unusable is a philospohical point I'll leave for
others to discuss.