i have a number of engineering Excel data sheets for plant machinery such as pumps and compressors--- these were made by others ---i have to convert these to editable excel--- please let me know how--- by editable i mean to edit/correct what was originally in the sheet template, as also the blanks that were filled-in--- can you tell me the difference between scanned and pdf scanned?
please go a little slowly
could you please respond by this evening as it wold help complete my assignment
thank you very much
If you're working in Acrobat X you can import a scanned page (either as an image file or direct from your scanner) and convert it to PDF, applying optical character recognition along the way. once in PDF form it can be re-saved to Excel via the File > Save As > Spreadsheet commands. See this video for a step-by-step tutorial.
http://tv.adobe.com/watch/acrobat-x/converting-scanned-pdf-files-to-ot her-file-formats/
for Dave Merchant since receiving your reply I have tried some of your instructions but feel that there is something still missing. I would appreciate your specific answer
to convert a PDF scan to a goal of clear, presentable, editable, Excel is this possible with acrobat x standard, or do I have to have pro? or something even more than pro?
thank you
Acrobat Standard can perform the scanning, OCR and Excel export functions. See http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/matrix.html
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