There are several ways to convert a PDF to an Excel spreadsheet, including:
- Using Adobe Acrobat Pro DC: This is a paid program that allows you to convert a PDF to an Excel spreadsheet. It is available for both Windows and Mac.
- Using a third-party PDF editor: There are several third-party PDF editors available for Mac, such as PDFelement, PDF Expert, and PDFpen, which provide the feature to convert a PDF to an Excel spreadsheet.
- Using online PDF editor: There are several online editors available, such as Adobe Acrobat online, Smallpdf, or PDFescape, which allow you to convert a PDF to an Excel spreadsheet.
- Using OCR software: OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software can be used to convert a scanned PDF into an editable format, such as an Excel spreadsheet.
- Using Microsoft Excel: You can copy and paste the content of the pdf into an excel sheet, then format it accordingly.
It’s worth noting that not all the above options will work with all the documents, some may alter the original layout, formatting or add watermarks, and the conversion process may not be perfect, you may need to adjust the document after conversion. Also, depending on the complexity of the original pdf document, the conversion may not work properly, OCR software may not recognize all the text or tables.
