How to convert PDF to CSV?

[Tatanium]

How to convert PDF to CSV?

I have Acrobat X

[George_Johnson]

Converting PDF to text is easy, but exactly what values in the PDF would you like to separate by commas?

[Tatanium]

for PDFs that have tables in them.

[George_Johnson]

I think the best approach will be to try converting to Excel, clean it up, and then convert to CSV. How successful the conversion to XLS depends on a number of things, including your version of Acrobat, where 11 is supposed to be better than previous versions. You can select individual tables in Acrobat and right-click > export to XLS/CSV (and others) or open in a spreadsheet (Acrobat 9).

[Tatanium]

This is the PDF that I need to figure out how to convert:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0oqKIu4uHUXbVQwaGFHNXgwZVE/edit?usp=sharing

We have Acrobat X but there's no way to right click on the table and export it directly to a CSV.

[George_Johnson]

You have to first select the table using the Select tool. In Acrobat 11 when I right-click I get an item for "Export Selection As" and can choose CSV from the various formats. This gives good results with your test file.

[Steve Werner]

George, the poster has Acrobat X, not Acrobat XI. That probably explains the difference.

[Tatanium]

Thanks, looks like we'll have to upgrade to 11.  That's too bad, we just barely bought 10.

[mjjh2]

Stop sending me forum's by George Johnson!!!!!NOW.

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