PDF to Excel

Everything You Need To Know About Converting Scanned PDFs

scanned documents

Since moving towards the “paperless” business concept, industries and companies are scanning both printed and handwritten material on a daily basis.

It isn’t uncommon to want to digitize every hard copy file your company has in order to keep pace with technology. Doing so streamlines document management processes and provides easier access to crucial records.

Yet, though scanned documents can help many businesses transform and improve their performance, scanned documents still have a few setbacks.

More often than not, those scanned documents are saved in the PDF format, making it hard to interact with the content as needed. Since a scanned document is just a photo, the text or handwriting within the file can’t be edited nor searched, which presents a problem in many situations. For example, if you wish to create a financial report in Excel by using some scanned receipts and documents, there aren’t many ways to do this.

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How To Work Inside The Able2Extract Productivity Box

able2extract productivity tips

When you have a PDF document and are strapped for time and resources, it becomes a challenge: how much and what exactly can you accomplish with your PDF tool?

As an Able2Extract user, you’ve probably wondered the same.

So this week, we’re uncovering ways in which you can streamline your PDF productivity with  Able2Extract Professional.  

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How Technology Is Shaping The Way Professionals Work

Digital Document Workflow

It may seem like every industry is already plugged into tech and professionals are working smoothly with digital workflows, the actual truth is that there are still technological bumps in the road. This may be due to the personal workflows of professionals themselves or the industry they’re in which may be slow to adopt more digital methods.

Regardless of the cause, technical expertise within an industry comes with learning. And most professionals are still learning their way around technology. So how are industries and professionals dealing with the digital shift that surrounds us? We take a look at three sectors.

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6 PDF To Excel Tips That Will Make You Look Like A Data Expert

Spreadsheet-Analysis

Dealing with a lot of work related documents can be stressful and overwhelming. Amidst the digital evolution, we often find ourselves stuck with a crazy amount of data stuck in PDFs that it’s hard to keep up.

It’s hard to imagine a day in the office without at least one productivity tool to help you overcome the most overwhelming of workloads and  bottlenecks.

It can get stressful, but if you’re a professional who constantly deals with that much information, then you know a trick or two to better organize your work.

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How To Create Excel Pivot Tables

Excel Spreadsheet DiagramWe all use Microsoft Excel for different reasons. It’s a great tool for any basic or complex calculations because it’s so easy to adjust and edit your data. Besides this, there are several important features why someone would be using Excel on a daily basis:

  • To visualize data — Excel charts are not perfect, but they serve a great purpose for visualizing information and numerical data.
  • For checklists — It seems unusual, but people do use Excel to take notes, create tables and lists since it’s flexible, powerful and reliable.
  • To deal with a large quantity of data — Pivot tables and data filtering is useful and can help when you wish to find any info on complex data sets. Also, Excel allows you to perform all sorts of tasks regarding quick data manipulation.

Excel is amazing, but it isn’t surprising that the data imported into Excel spreadsheets oftentimes comes from a PDF document. It isn’t rare to find bank statements, various legal documents, account reports, and other corporate and federal data locked in PDF, data that needs to be sifted through and analyzed in Pivot tables.

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