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The best choice in this instance is to convert the PDF straight into a spreadsheet.

Manually moving the information by retyping requires far too much time and effort. You cannot modify or analyze the data with spreadsheet functions until you move the information into a program such as Excel.Ĭopy and paste functions often won’t accurately transfer tabular data from a PDF into a spreadsheet. So long as this data remains within the PDF, though, it’s only good for reference. These could be digitized files of old accounting records, historical performance data, or employee data - practically anything you can imagine in a table.

Across industries, there are many times when PDFs will contain critical data points contained within tables. PDFs aren’t just for reproducing digital versions of glossy brochures or displaying scanned pages from a book.