PDF exports to Excel as picture

[k79mill]

I'm scanning a paper & saving it as a PDF to my computer.  When I try to export the PDF to Excel it is exporting it as a picture.   I've tried multiple different ways to export it but it won't export correctly.  I attached a copy of the PDF below.

[Amal.]

Hi there

We are sorry for the trouble. As described exporting the PDF to Excel export it as picture.

We have tried to reproduce the issue on our end using the PDF file you have shared and its working fine.

Do you have Adobe Acrobat Reader DC or Adobe Acrobat DC (Subscription) and what is the version of the application you are using to export the PDF file?  To check the version go to Help > About Adobe Acrobat/Reader DC and make sure you have the latest version20.009.20074 installed.  Go to Help > Check for  Updates.

Are you on a Mac or Windows machine and what is the version of the OS? Please try trepair the installation (For Windows Only) and see if that helps.

Also please try to reset the preferences to default as described in the help page https://community.adobe.com/t5/acrobat/how-to-reset-acrobat-preference-settings-to-default/td-p/4792... and see if that makes any difference.

Keep us posted with the results

Regards

Amal

[Dave__M]

By scanning a paper page to PDF, you have an image-based PDF file.  If you open your PDF and perform a FIND command, and enter the word DATE, it won't be found, since there are no actual words/characters - just a picture of them.  If you run the built-in OCR process, it can convert your image-based PDF to a searchable 'live' text document. 

When saved as an Excel file then, you should have better results.  There may be some image artifacts to delete, and some cleanup to do, but you should be in better shape after running the OCR.

I hope this is helpful.  My best,

Dave