If you want to extract table from PDF, you can try VeryPDF PDF Table Extractor. With the help of this application, you don’t need to copy tables from PDF and then paste them onto Excel files. Just a couple of clicks, you can quickly and accurately extract PDF tables and turn the tables on PDF into XLS.
>>Support Windows and Mac
VeryPDF PDF Table Extractor can run well under all operating systems of Windows and Safari. As a stand-alone application,
it does not require Adobe or Office products on your computers.
>>Try it free
The beta test of VeryPDF PDF Table Extractor is now nearing completion. If you want to use the FREE TRIAL VERSION, please contact the VeryPDF’s support group by sending emails to support@verypdf.com. The support group will send the evaluation version to you as soon as possible.
>>Introduce the interface
The following is the main interface of PDF Table Extractor. As you can see in the following illustration, it is composed of four parts:
- Toolbar
The toolbar contains multiple bottoms which can be used to:
- Input PDF—Clicking the Open button
, you can input a PDF file.
- Zoom and turn pages—You can use
to zoom in and zoom out pages; use
to turn pages backward and forward.
- View page number—You can view the total page number and the current page in the spin box
. In addition, you can enter a number in the edit box or click the arrows to change go to the page you want to extract table from.
- Draw table and lines—You can use
to draw a table and some vertical lines and delete them. The table and lines you drew together become a rule. You can also apply this rule to all the pages of an input PDF by clicking Apply to All when each page has a similar table in the same position.
- Export Excel file—you can click the Save button
to save the output as CSV or XLS format.
- Register—If you want to buy this tool or if you have a registration code, please click
to buy/ register the software.
- Navigation pane
The thumbnails on the navigation pane can help you quickly find the page you want to extract PDF table from. You can change the navigation pane size by dragging the right border of the pane.
- PDF list box
There are two list boxes. You can preview the input PDF and extract table from PDF page(s) in the upper list box.
- Excel list box
The output Excel content is shown in the down list box. You can change the the box sizes by dragging the border between the two list boxes. You can view the comparison between the two list box.
>>How to use?
1. Run VeryPDF PDF Table Extractor
You can double click the shortcut on the desktop to open this product, or you can launch it from the Start menu by clicking Start—> All Programs—> VeryPDF PDF Table Extractor—> VeryPDF PDF Table Extractor. The main interface of this tool will appear on your computer screen.Then, you can proceed to the next step.
2. Input PDF
Please click the Open button to open the Add File dialog box, –> select a PDF file, –> and click Open to input PDF. Then you can view the thumbnails on the navigation pane, the current page number and total page number at the top of the interface.
3. Draw a table and vertical lines
You can do as follows to extract table from PDF:
- Click the rectangle icon
on the toolbar.
- Draw a table over the original PDF table which you want to extract.
- Click the line icon
on the toolbar.
- Move the mouse cursor between two columns of the table you have drawn, press the mouse button down and drag downward from the upper border.
Then you can view the content of the result Excel in the down list box as follows:
4. Save as Excel
Click the Save button to open the Save File dialog box, and select a folder to export the result file into. You can save the output file as a CSV file or XLS file.
This is how you can use VeryPDF PDF Table Extractor to convert PDF to XLS, or extract PDF table. If you want to find more PDF tools such as PDF Text Replacer, PDF Cropper, PDF to Any Converter, you can visit the homepage of VeryPDF at https://www.verypdf.com. If you want to find some free online PDF tools such as online PDF viewer and flipbook creator, you can visit the following website: http://online.verypdf.com.
