Compare excel text in PDF

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July 24, 2017
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Hi,

I am receiving contents from excel file. And the replaced content should be go as PDF (the native file is Indesign).

Is it possible to check the PDF texts with excel? How I can perform this comparison using script?

Thanks,

K

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tpk1982Author

Legend

Hi,

Any suggestions please?

Thanks,

K

try67

Community Expert

Your description is not very clear... What exactly are you trying to achieve?

tpk1982Author

Legend

Your workflow doesn't seem to be very well thought-out... You need to review the content in a format that is suitable for such tasks. PDF files are not suited for it. They should be the last stage of your DTP process.

Do you have the original content in Excel? If so, merge both files and then perform a comparison of the two columns. That will reveal any differences. Then import the content into the InDesign file and generate a new PDF. Then you could perform the PDF comparison I mentioned, to make sure that everything is where it's supposed to be. But comparing a PDF to Excel directly is not really possible.

Hi try67,

Thank you for you suggestions. Just curious, do you meant the merging in excel to compare in two column is copying content from pdf?

Regards,

K

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