Convert PDF file to Excel 1

[Sidtest]

I have a file that was e-mailed to me. The file type is pdf, but I believe the pdf file that was e-mailed to me, was created by SCANNING a paper document, rather than starting out with a Word doc or Excel doc, and turning it into pdf.

Strangely enough, when I try to save the file as rtf, although it "appears" to save, when I go back to where I saved the file, there is nothing there. (I have done this multiple times before posting here.)

Any and all help appreciated. I have a 4 page pdf file that someone wants turned into Excel so the names can be manipulated.

 

[Eggles]

If the text was scanned and not converted by OCR, then you haven't got a hope, as the text is in an image format. Your best bet would be to scan the printed PDF and run it through an OCR package.

 

[horqua]

Or hand enter the entire spreadsheet again, or ask the originator to send you the .XLS file.

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[Sidtest]

I ended up OCR'ing the pdf and working with it after I had OCR'd the document. It wasn't as bad as I was afraid it might be.