"Copying .pdf tables" Topic
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| Last Hussar | 09 Nov 2009 7:08 a.m. PST |
Is there a way to copy tables in a PDF document to either Word of Oper Office that preserves it as a table? I get either a long list of entries each column under the previous one as text, or (still text) spaces where the column breaks are. (I know I can use text to table, but there is an awful lot of formatting where there are spaces in the table entries) |
| streetline | 09 Nov 2009 7:26 a.m. PST |
Haven't tried it, but would it be possible to import to Excel or similar as a space-seperated file and then imbed the spreadsheet in the document? |
| StarfuryXL5 | 09 Nov 2009 9:53 a.m. PST |
If you're on a Mac, try holding the option key and marqueeing around the table. Then copy it and paste it into Word. That might work. If you're on a PC, I don't know, but you can try the alt key instead. |
| x42brown | 09 Nov 2009 10:44 a.m. PST |
If you don't need to edit it the snap shot tool (drop down menu under tools) will allow you to copy it as a picture. x42 |
| napthyme | 09 Nov 2009 4:16 p.m. PST |
print it out, and rescan it back into the computer at 100% |
| StarfuryXL5 | 09 Nov 2009 6:24 p.m. PST |
Many scanners come with some sort of OCR software, so you can scan it that way if you need to manipulate the text. |
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