The VBA code is commented and open for modification.Īny improvements or new features to the code are welcome to be posted here so that we can update the download version to the benefit of everyone. Information on how to set up rules is available within the Excel application with a help icon and cell comments. This enables flexibility to obtain comparable data from multiple PDF files based on patterns independent of different PDF file structures.Īs many extraction rules as required can be set in order to create a table of information imported by extraction rule and PDF file name. Text or data to extract are defined in the Control sheet by specifying start text, end text and multiple replacements routines with wildcard support. The program relies on the conversion utility (included in the download) and all PDF files to reside in the same directory as the Excel application. We created such an application by using VBA code in conjunction with an open source PDF to Text conversion utility, which can be found at Foolabs.
Several commercial applications accomplish this however it is often the case where only specific data is required to be imported from multiple PDF files into one structured format. Since Excel does not natively support the reading of PDF content, utilities are needed to convert the PDF file content for the Excel format.
There is a common need to extract and import specific data from PDF files into Excel.
Business Spreadsheets has developed a free Excel program to extract and import PDF data into Excel which can be downloaded and used without restriction.
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