Convert PDF to Microsoft Excel

Convert PDF to Microsoft Excel (XLSX)

Convert PDF to XML

PDF to Microsoft Excel (XLSX or XML) conversion settings

In Acrobat, select All tools > Export a PDF and select Microsoft Excel. From the drop down menu next to Microsoft Excel, select the format you want your Excel to be. You get XLSX and XML options. Select the settings icon to change the export preferences. 

Excel Workbook Settings Specifies whether to create a Worksheet for each table or page, or the entire document.

Numeric Settings Specifies the decimal and thousands separators for numeric data. Select one of the following:

• Detect decimal and thousands separators using regional settings

• Treat the following as decimal and thousands separators. Then enter or selecct separators in the respective fields.

Text Recognition Settings

Recognize Text If Needed Recognizes text if the PDF contains images that contain text.

Set Language Specifies the language setting for OCR.

Convert PDF to PostScript or Encapsulated PostScript (EPS)

You can export a PDF to PostScript for printing and prepress applications. The PostScript file includes full DSC (Document Structuring Conventions) comments and other advanced information preserved by Adobe Acrobat Distiller. You can also create an EPS file from any PDF for placement or opening in other applications. The options available depend on whether you're converting a document to PostScript or EPS. To convert PDF to PS or EPS format:

PDF to PS and EPS conversion settings

In Acrobat, select All tools > Export a PDF and select Other format. From the drop-down menu next to Other format, select PS or EPS. Select the settings icon to change the export preferences. 

Printer Description File The PostScript Printer Description (PPD) provides the necessary information to format a PostScript file correctly for a particular output device. Device Independent creates only composite (not color-separated) PostScript or EPS files. Acrobat Default provides a starting point and reference for creating all types of PostScript and restores all default settings for the conversion. Adobe PDF 7.0 is compatible with most devices. This option is available only in PostScript (PS) format.

ASCII or Binary Specifies the output format of image data. Binary output yields smaller files, but not all workflows can accommodate binary output.

PostScript Specifies the level of PostScript compatibility. Use Language Level 3 only if the target output device supports it. Language Level 2 is suitable for EPS files placed in another document and color-separated as part of that document. Use Language Level 2 for EPS files that you import into Microsoft applications.

Font Inclusion Specifies the fonts to be included in the PostScript. Embedded fonts are taken from the PDF; the referenced fonts are taken from the computer.

Include Comments Preserves the appearance of comments in the resulting PostScript file.

Convert True Type to Type 1 Converts TrueType fonts to Type 1 fonts in the resulting PostScript file.

Include Preview Specifies if a TIFF preview is created for the resulting EPS file. This option isn't available when saving as PostScript.

Page Range Specifies the pages you want to export. When you export files to EPS output, each page in the range is saved as a separate EPS file.

Convert PDF to Text and XML 1.0

Convert PDF to XML 1.0

To export a file in XML format, go to All Tools > Export a PDF.  Select other format, then the drop-down next to other format, and then select XML 1.0.

Convert PDF to Text

To export a file in text format, go to All Tools > Export a PDF.  Select other format, then the drop-down next to other format, and then select TXT.

PDF to Text and XML 1.0 conversion settings

In Acrobat, select All tools > Export a PDF and select Other format. From the drop-down menu next to Other format, select TXT or XML 1.0. Select the settings icon to change the export preferences. 

Output File Settings

Encoding Refers to the binary values, based on international standards, used to represent the text characters. UTF-8 is a Unicode representation of characters using one or more 8-bit bytes per character. UTF-16 represents characters using 16-bit bytes. ISO-Latin-1 is an 8-bit representation of characters that is a superset of ASCII. UCS-4 is a Universal Character Set coded in four octets. HTML/ASCII is a 7-bit representation of characters developed by ANSI.

Use mapping table default uses the default character encoding defined in mapping tables, which appear in the Plug-ins/SaveAsXML/MappingTables folder. These mapping tables specify many characteristics of how the data is output, including the following default character encodings: UTF-8 (Save as XML or HTML 4.0.1) and HTML/ASCII (Save as HTML 3.2).

Generate Bookmarks Generates bookmark links to content for HTML or XML documents. Links are placed at the beginning of the resulting HTML or XML document.

Generate Tags For Untagged Files Generates tags for files not already tagged, such as PDFs created using Acrobat 4.0 or earlier. If this option isn't selected, untagged files are not converted.

Image File Settings

Generate Images Controls how images are converted. Converted image files are referenced from within XML and HTML documents.

Use Sub-Folder Specifies the folder in which to store generated images. The default is Images.

Use Prefix Specifies the prefix added to the image filenames if you have several versions of the same image file. Filenames assigned to images have the format filename_img_#.

Output Format Specifies the final format of images. The default is JPG.

Downsample To Downsamples image files to the specified resolution. If you don't select this option, image files have the same resolution as the source file. Image files are never upsampled.