FilemintExtract tables into a workbook
Move a PDF table to Excel and check that the columns still mean what you expect.
Check whether the table is selectable
Try copying a cell. A scanned page needs OCR before the workbook tool can identify its text. Choose a clear scan in the document’s language.
Export the tables
Use PDF to Excel. It makes one worksheet per PDF page and groups nearby text by horizontal position. A document’s visual table often has no stored spreadsheet structure.
Check the data
Compare row totals and headings with the source. Check numbers that have leading zeroes, decimal commas or currency symbols. If a downstream system expects CSV, export just the required worksheet.