- Go to releases menu & download the latest installer file
- Run the installer (don't install to ProgramFiles).
- PDFTableExtractor shortcut appears on the Desktop.
- a, Drag & drop 1 or more pdf-s onto the Desktop shortcut
- b, Right click on the pdf and select the extract option (must enable in settings)
- Cmd appears, printing information about the processing
- XLSX files are getting created in the same directory where the pdf-s were located
- For customizing output check out the Settings wiki page
- Example input & output:
To bring up the settings menu start the desktop icon normally
- Keep pages with rows/columns: Skip exporting all pages/sheets that doesn't meet the criteria
- Skip empty rows/columns: Different options for choosing row/column skipping methods
- Page naming strategy: How to name pages/sheets in the excel file
- Autosize columns: Resizes created columns before saving
- Parallel file processing: Enables processing multiple pdf-s at the same time
- Context menu: When turned on an extraction option appers in the right click menu of pdf files
- When a new version is available, a message appears in the console saying that the local version is out of date.
- To update go to the releases
- Download the new installer
- Uninstall the old one
- Install the new one
- Create a new issue with a descriptive title
- Try to include more information. e.g: the pdf you tried to extract (if you're allowed to), your settings, error.txt.
- If the expected output is wrong, demonstrate what the expected output would be and what the output of the app was
- When a program error occurs, a file named 'error.txt' gets created in the directory of the application
- Create an issue what feature/filter you need, give it a descriptive name
- Write a short description what the feature/filter would do
- Post screenshots of the input and the expected output