In addition to selecting the text you need to convert, another one of the control features of our software is a Custom option for PDF to Excel conversions, allowing you to manually position the vertical lines of the columns you need.


Yet, as you know, despite the control you have over the conversion, it doesn’t necessarily mean being free from technical difficulties.


There have been cases, while using this Custom conversion option, where a user receives a pop up message that reads, “WARNING: some of the data items selected are interrupted by vertical lines etc.” This is usually taken for an error message alerting the user that something has gone wrong with the conversion or has been stopped altogether.


It hasn’t. In this case, the Custom Excel conversion is completed. The message is a warning that the custom placed vertical lines have crossed through certain strings of selected text being converted. If the pages are crooked, then the vertical lines will go through the text at the wrong places (i.e. intersect columns).


If this happens, check to see if those sections were converted and placed in the correct columns.


If there are sections or pages that are skewed (which is sometimes the case for scanned pages), then you must rescan the pages, provided that you have a good copy of the original, and try converting the Excel document again.


However small this tip might be, I hope it helps.