PDF conversion anyone?

**HeyWayne** · 06-02-2008, 12:55 PM

Originally posted by piskieinboots View Post

I have to grab a 24 page pdf and turn it to raw data and/or Excel ss - but the darn thing isn't grabable.

Any ideas Grapes?

Wanna send it to me to have a go?

**piskieinboots** · 06-02-2008, 01:05 PM

here ya go hun - ta muchly

email is [email protected] if you have any luck

**smallblueplanet** · 06-02-2008, 01:08 PM

Could you print it off and scan it in using OCR software?

**piskieinboots** · 06-02-2008, 01:13 PM

I gave that a thought Manda, but having used OCR before it sometimes requires a fair amount of proof-reading and amending.

I'm still searching through the dear old Google to see what's on offer - may be quicker to type the darn thing out

fingers Mr MOM Jan 2008 can whizz it into something useable

**HeyWayne** · 06-02-2008, 01:17 PM

No, it has me beaten I'm afraid. They've secured the data when they created it. I was hoping something in Acrobat might be able to help, but my version is very old and doesn't like the document at all. Sorry.

**piskieinboots** · 06-02-2008, 01:19 PM

thanks for trying - typing it is

**smallblueplanet** · 06-02-2008, 01:29 PM

Here's some free 7-day trial software - can't find any info about if anything is disabled.

http://www.investintech.com/prod_downloadsa2e.htm

**shirlthegirl43** · 06-02-2008, 01:31 PM

I will ask Madmax to take a look later Piskie - he has some software that will change it to a word document

**piskieinboots** · 06-02-2008, 04:50 PM

Thanks Manda, I too trialled that one - but sadly it will not actually let me do it - needs a password it says! I downloaded another one which will let me do a max of 3 pages

oooooh cheers Shirley

**rustylady** · 06-02-2008, 05:39 PM

I know you can copy text from a PDF and paste it into a Word document (had to do it at work around a year ago in order to enter information onto a questionnaire), but I don't know if you can paste into excel. I wouldn't have thought so. Even with the pasting into Word I had to do some re-formatting. To paste into Word you open the PDF, select the content by highlighting and then use the "edit" "copy" options, open a new Word document and then use the "paste" option.

**piskieinboots** · 06-02-2008, 05:50 PM

the problem with the document that I have to work with is that it is 'locked' so straight copying isn't an option - but thanks for trying RL

anyway - I'VE DONE IT

found a way round it

*pours large red

**JanieB** · 06-02-2008, 05:55 PM

It needs to go through a "mask". This was a major part of my job 17 - 20 years ago. The software is still part of Microsoft. I've had a little play but haven't had time to work out how I used to do it. I'd have a long fiddle with it Piskie if only for the intellectual excercise, but my son is in the middle of moving house and I'm a bit stretched at the mo.

Suggest, try importing through Excel. If you can convert to a Word document first it may be easier. If it takes longer than half a day give up and retype. It's only worth persevering with if you are going to need the skill again.

**shirlthegirl43** · 06-02-2008, 05:55 PM

Well done Piskie - I haven't managed to chat to Madmax yet today

**JanieB** · 06-02-2008, 05:56 PM

Ah. Posted at the same time as me. Well done!!!!

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