extract tables from a pdf? 1111 Responses

Last post: 2 months, 4 weeks ago | Thread started: Sep 5, 08, 8:21 a.m.

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  quick way to extract tables from a pdf and preserve formatting for indesign?

  Sep 5, 08, 8:21 a.m. – Permalink

• Marcelom

  are you stealing?

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 8:24 a.m. – Permalink

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  no stealing. redesign of old catalog. client provided a pdf and there are hundreds of tables.

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 8:26 a.m. – Permalink

• acescence

  should be able to just place the pdf file straight in, file > place

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 8:28 a.m. – Permalink

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  some need restyled. trying to preserve tabs... place won't do it, need the raw data.

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 8:30 a.m. – Permalink

• alicetheblue

  touch up text tool (minor corrections)?

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 8:34 a.m. – Permalink

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  like textsoap?

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 8:36 a.m. – Permalink

• acescence

  you could try to open in illustrator and copy/paste from there.

  the problem you will face is the way text is saved in a pdf, things like tabs are not preserved, pieces of text are saved as distinct text blocks

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 8:37 a.m. – Permalink

• alicetheblue

  try highlighting text
  (then right click for menu)
  you'll have options:
  copy
  copy as table
  save as table

  • acrobat 8 pro
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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 8:44 a.m. – Permalink

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  thanks alice, copied into excel and tried comma separated values, still coming in all crazy.

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 8:55 a.m. – Permalink

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  i'll sort it out, thanks for the tips.

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 9:04 a.m. – Permalink

• alicetheblue

  try "open table in spreadsheet" option (works for me)

  

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  Dog-earSep 5, 08, 9:05 a.m. – Permalink