How to Convert PDF to Excel: Formatting Issues Solved

Custom Formatting PDF to Excel

Accurate PDF to Excel conversion is one of the most difficult tasks for any PDF converter software. That’s why users often complain that PDF won’t convert correctly to Excel. They think the software is not working properly because they experience formatting issues when converting PDF to Excel.

Online communities are a valuable source of knowledge and a helpful resource when it comes to solving all kinds of computer related problems. Nevertheless, it seems they fall short when questions like these arise:

  • How to convert PDF to Excel without losing formatting?
  • How to retain formatting when converting PDF to Excel?
  • How to keep columns and rows when converting PDF to Excel?
  • How to get values in the correct cells when converting PDF to Excel?
  • How to convert PDF to Excel and get rows and columns to be useful?

Why is that so? Well, there’s a misconception that all PDF converters work the same way thus giving similar end results when it comes to PDF to Excel conversion.

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Bates Numbering 101: History, Usage and Tutorial

Bates Numbering 101

A Brief History

The Bates Numbering Machine (also known as the Bates Stamper) was invented in the late 19th century by Edwin G. Bates. Mr. Bates had one objective in mind – to simplify and increase the effectiveness of document identification and information retrieval.

Back in the old days, this was a manual process. Each page had to be hand stamped with the Bates Stamper in order to index the page with a four-digit sequence. Fortunately, with the transition from paper to electronic documents, this manual method was phased out. Now, thanks to the rise of technology, documents can be “stamped” with  Able2Extract.

Definition & Usage

Bates Numbering, also known as Bates Stamping, is an indexing method used for legal, business and medical documents (PDFs in most cases). Bates Numbers are perceived as digital reference points used to uniquely identify and label each page in a set of documents.  

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Create and Fill Interactive PDF Forms with Able2Extract

Interactive PDF Forms

Small businesses, large corporations, educational and government institutions – they all use fillable forms to gather information that is essential for providing various services. Paperwork is here to stay, but there are a lot of downsides to it such as printing and archiving costs, as well as time and effort spent on manually filling those non-interactive forms.

Furthermore, many professionals rely heavily on data to make important decisions. Analyzing that data properly requires a specific set of skills, tools, and experience, but the first step in the process is collecting it. And on a large scale, forms are the most efficient way of obtaining data.

So, how can these important processes be improved and simplified?

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How to Extract Similar Data Fields from PDF Files

Extracting similar PDF data

Every single person that works with PDF files has probably come across a situation where they needed to extract certain information from PDF to MS Excel. Usually, this extraction process is a walk in the park. However, when you need to extract data that share similar features, the basic PDF to Excel conversion won’t cut it.

Surely, it will get the job done but still, you will need to manually go through numerous sheets to find the data important to you. And you’ll loop back at the beginning wasting precious time while combing through the pile of numbers.

That’s why we decided to introduce you to a timesaving hack that will allow you to stay on top of things while dealing with such tasks. Able2Extract goes beyond the capabilities of a regular PDF tool and enables you to extract only the relevant data fields from a PDF document.

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Make Free Halloween eCards in 5 Easy Steps with Able2Extract

Halloween Greetings eCard

Halloween is just around the corner! By the time you are reading this, it is probably long overdue for you to send greeting cards or party invitations to your friends and family by regular mail.

On the other hand, as a business owner, you might think it is too late to create personal Halloween greeting eCard for your loyal customers and long-time partners.

No need to worry! To share in the Halloween spirit with your friends, family, and business associates, all you need is Able2Extract Pro 11 and a bit of creativity.

Lets not waste any more time – just follow these 5 easy steps and create your own Halloween eCard!

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