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January 5, 2023
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Extract text from a group of regions to CSV

  • January 5, 2023
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Hello, I need to create drawing indexes for a set that contains over 1000 drawings.  I am able to do this with BlueBeam by creating Bookmarks. But some of our subs don't use BB so I am wondering if it is possible with Acrobat to extract text from a group of regions on each page to a CSV file.

 

The BlueBeam workflow is as follows:

Create Bookmarks that concatinate a series of selected regions from a page

By drawing separate boxes around the Drawing No, Revision No and Dwg Title (placing a colon btwn each) I can assemble a bookmark that contains these 3 pieces of information.

The result is a list of bookmarks that has extracted the text information from those same 3 regions for the entire set of dwgs.

This list can then be exported to a CSV file

Using the excel import wizard this info can be placed into a table for easy manipulation.

So, my hope is that Acrobat/Pro can extract the text info from each pdf page and assemble it in excel in a similar fashion.

 

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try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 6, 2023

Yes, this is possible, using a custom-made script.

Participant
January 6, 2023

Ok, I assume you are refering to JavaScript? If so, that is out of my depth atm.

Or could you elaborate pls?

try67
Community Expert
Community Expert
January 6, 2023

Yes, this is not a trivial task, but I've developed similar scripts in the past. If you're interested in hiring a professional to create it for you, feel free to contact me privately by clicking my user-name and then on "Send a Message".