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February 18, 2026
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How do I get Acrobat to convert to Excel correctly? Everything I'm getting is useless.

  • February 18, 2026
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I’m trying to convert a table in a PDF file to Excel.  The columns and rows are incredibly obvious to anyone looking but Acrobat cannot get it right.  Columns that don’t exist are inserted, cells that are individual are merged, etc. etc.  

The file I’m working with has about 20 pages and it gets the first handful right and then suddenly goes off the rails and I can’t even begin to guess what it’s thinking.  

How do I share the file I’m working on with Support so that I can find a solution.  When I had Able2Extract I never had this issue.  

      Correct answer Peru Bob

      Please post your Acrobat question in the Acrobat forum:

      https://community.adobe.com/p/acrobat

      Note: You will need to slightly change the wording of the title of the thread or you will get a duplicate question error.

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      Peru Bob
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      Peru BobCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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      February 18, 2026

      Please post your Acrobat question in the Acrobat forum:

      https://community.adobe.com/p/acrobat

      Note: You will need to slightly change the wording of the title of the thread or you will get a duplicate question error.

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