How to Convert a PDF to Excel in Acrobat
- 1). Open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat.
- 2). Highlight the PDF table in Acrobat using the "Select" tool. This is the default Acrobat tool when you launch the program. If you need to change back to it, you can go to the "Tools" menu, highlight "Select and Zoom" and highlight "Select tool."
- 3). Right-click on the table. Highlight "Open Table in Spreadsheet." Excel will launch a new document containing the table.
- 4). Save the converted PDF as an Excel document by switching to Excel and selecting "Save As" from the "File" menu. Select a file name and save location. Use the pull-down menu to select the XLS or XLSX format. Press "Save" to complete the process.