Need to convert a PDF to Excel format...just a one shot deal.

TIA

ICU

ICU wrote:
I think you're SOL regarding finding freeware to do this. I looked and
looked and could find nothing. Maybe somebody else will have better luck
though.

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ICU wrote:

I believe that the "SE" version of OmniPage that comes with many home
Canon CanoScan scanners can do this.

Sorry if that information is unhelpful.

ICU <ICU@Nowhere.com> wrote:

If you were lucky enough to get ABBY Fine Reader for free, it can scan
and convert JPG files created from the PDF. As a test, I used
FastStone Capture to select a section of an Excel table and save it as
a JPG, then scanned that and saved the OCR output as an Excel file.
Did a credible job. Too bad ABBYY Fine Reader is no longer available
for free.

Cheers,
Larry

Larry Sabo wrote:
Then I wonder if SimpleOCR might do this:

http://www.simpleocr.com/

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John Corliss <jcorliss@fake.invalid> wrote in
news:wOudnaamsYfK65vVnZ2dnUVZ_jWdnZ2d@ccountrynet:

I think you are right...google sure as hell has been no help so far.
Using the word "freeware" only gets numerous hits for "free" downloads of
demos.
What used to be a very simple quick search aid now requires a complete
list of tricks and tips on how to search without getting pages of pre
programmed search pages.
Oh well onward and upwards.

Thanks for the reply.

ICU

PDFrank <pdfrank@some.com> wrote in
news:T5udnZI0bPhNB5vVnZ2dnUVZ_qygnZ2d@rcn.net:

Thanks, thats an avenue I can check out.

ICU

Larry Sabo <larry_sabo@hotmail.com> wrote in
news:m4bd0497u1hl57qf7bari1c6f8nj10hen8@4ax.com:


ICU

ICU wrote:
Ah... the notorious crapsites. Examples are:

softplatz.com
freedownloadscenter.com
brothersoft.com
bestsoftware4download.com
download3000.com
dirfile.com
exefind.com
supershareware.com
fileheap.com

etc. and the list grows every day. They really do make it hard to find
freeware safely and easily.

Good luck to you in your search.

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for me, please.

freedownloadscenter.com not only has actual freeware, but the term
"freeware" can be used as a search keyword to filter on the
freeware-only apps.

M.L. wrote:
Guess I'm just adverse to the term "free downloads". That phrase usually
is a way of implying freeware, but mixing in other crap and that's what
freedownloadscenter does.

I just did a search for

freeware games

and the results listed any program whose description included the word
"games". Several of them, for instance, are P2P progs.

If the site allowed you to filter the way Snapfiles does, I'd probably
not list it as a crapsite. In the mean time though, IMO it's a time waster.

YMMV.

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On Fri, 18 Apr 2008 14:22:46 GMT, ICU <ICU@Nowhere.com> wrote:

try googling whatever +freeware -shareware -demo

In message <3nro04tvkb1vmspbkkurpdjsk8p4dcciqb@4ax.com>, Ross
<rossnospamplease@orcon.net.nz> writes
I take it that this finds sites containing 'freeware', but rejects any
sites containing 'freeware' plus 'shareware' and/or 'demo'? I never knew
you could do that.
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Ian Jackson wrote:
It's called Boolean Logic. Works okay but in my experience, Google
screws it up and you'll still get hits that you tried to exclude.

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In message <qYGdncMaRK5XgZDVnZ2dnUVZ_jGdnZ2d@ccountrynet>, John Corliss
<jcorliss@fake.invalid> writes
promising. It may be one of the most useful bits of information which
I've had in along time.
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On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:07:11 +0100, Ian Jackson
<ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote:

Glad to be of help.

BTW, the *most* useful info to have is how to get to heaven.
"No one comes to the Father but through me" - Jesus

On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:07:11 +0100, Ian Jackson
<ianREMOVETHISjackson@g3ohx.demon.co.uk> wrote:

< snip >

If you want to know how Google works it sounds like you should visit
....

http://www.google.com/support/?ctx=web&hl=en


Regards, John.

In message <m26t04lu8npnv9jiunaeeakjj1hvf5281l@4ax.com>, John Fitzsimons
<DELETEucwubqf02@sneakemail.com> writes
almost well enough - and then you find out how to do it properly.
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