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Hello for all


i want to collected data from pdf form inserted in excel spredsheet

i try many methode and some program for (PDF to Excel) but not work


i have acrobat x pro and my pdf form (text,number ,pictures).
and get data for all it's possible


if any body have idea

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Note for : with Acrobat X Pro and interactive fields, the most reliable routes are (A) export structured form data and convert that to CSV/XLSX, (B) use a small program to read field names/values and write Excel, or (C) use a converter for simple table-like forms (as suggested) but expect limitations. Pictures are a separate problem: form-data exports do not carry image binaries.

Recommended, practical workflows:

  • Acrobat-only: export a filled form's data as XFDF/FDF or XML from Acrobat Pro, then import that XML into Excel (Power Query or Import XML) or convert it with a simple script to CSV. For many forms, export each form's data files and merge them into a single spreadsheet.

  • Programmatic: use a PDF form library (for example iText/iTextSharp, Apache PDFBox or Python libraries such as pypdf/pdfrw) to iterate fields, normalize field names into headers, and write rows to CSV/XLSX. This is the best choice for bulk, repeatable work and for mapping names to friendly column headers.

  • Images and tricky forms: images embedded in PDFs (annotations or picture fields) won’t appear in FDF/XFDF. Extract images separately (Acrobat or a PDF library), save them to disk, then insert or link them into Excel via automation (VBA, openpyxl/xlsxwriter, etc.). If the PDF is an XFA/LiveCycle form or a flattened/scanned PDF, the export path changes: XFA often requires XML export or LiveCycle tools; flattened scans need OCR/table extraction first.

Troubleshooting notes: confirm fields are interactive (not flattened), keep field names consistent across forms, test the pipeline on a few sample PDFs, and choose between a one-off converter and a scripted solution based on volume and need to preserve images.

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You can try software like this to convert pdf files to excel and later on delete those data you do not need. Just a few suggestion.

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any body can do it or have idea i will pay to him

for program or any way to do it

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So you are looking for help without using a software or am i wrong? I am getting confuse.

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i am looking for help by software, programming or by any way

i am tired with search about any good program, i know this feature can do programming by vb or c# to make program interface, connection with database and report but i want use a pdf file

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