Able2 Extract Professional 8- Quick Start Guide

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1. Able2Extract Professional 8 - Quick Start Guide
Converting Y our PDFs to Excel - Easy 3-Step Guide
Step 1 : Open Y our PDF
Step 2: Select PDF data to convert
Step 3: Converting to Excel
Select the Open... command from the File menu.
You must select data in your PDF prior to converting. Three selection
options are available.
1. Mouse Based Selection
Left click mouse button beginning at the position from which you
want to select text.
Drag the mouse pointer (while still holding left button pressed!)
over the text you want to select.
2. Select Menu Options
a) Select Page Range:
Use this to select certain pages of the document – eg. Pages 1,4,9
b) Select All Pages:
Selects all pages of the document.
c) Select All on Page:
Selects all data on a page of the document.
After selecting, you are ready for conversion. For conversions to
Excel:
Click the on on the toolbar;
Or select “Convert to Excel” from the File menu.
Step 3a: Conversion Options to Excel
Choose your conversion type:
1. Automatic
The default conversion option into Excel. Recommended for most
conversions into Excel. The software algorithm automatically
determines the positioning of the Excel columns.
2. Custom
Users get to designate how the conversion to Excel will look prior
to conversion using the Excel Custom Conversion Panel (More
detail on this below).
Or, click on on the toolbar
3. Command Toolbar Quick Selection
Make quick document selections from the command toolbar:
a) Selects the entire document instantly
b) Area: Selects only certain areas of text
Step 3b: Using the Excel Custom Conversion Panel
Selecting the Excel ''Custom'' conversion solution activates the
Custom Conversion Panel on the left hand side. This panel will let
you manually add and reposition as many lines as required to
designate the column breaks and rows for the conversion into Excel.
1. Page Range
Users can first designate a page range for applying and customizing
the file’s table structure.
a) Page Range:
Apply a table structure on each page of the indicated page range
b) Expand:
Add additional pages where they would like to the table structure.
c) Exclude:
Exclude a page within a previously selected Page Range.
2. Tables
a) Add:
Add a table to a page.
b) Delete:
Delete a table. Once activated, left click on the table you wish to
delete.
c) Replot:
Automatically recalculates the column structure for all tables
within the active page range.
Once a table is created, you can edit the table structure using the tools
in the conversion Panel:
Columns
a) Add Columns:
Add a column. Once activated, left click to add a vertical column
line
b) Erase Column Lines:
Erase a column line. Left click on a column to erase it.
c) Manage Cell Content: drop down menu options
Decide how cell content is treated (such as text or numbers) when
it comes into contact or into close contact with a column line.
c) Column Types:
Decide how the content within each column is treated for the
purposes of Excel – as numbers, by default, or text.
Rows
a) Show Rows:
Show the rows on the page.

b) Manual Row Editing:
When this option is checked, the “Add Rows” and “Erase Row
Line” functionality is activated.
Add Rows: Left click to add a row
Erase Row Line: Left click to erase a row
c) Row Settings:
Demarcate the rows based on a specific column table within a table
or by using the existing row lines on the page.
Header and Footer
a) Edit Header:
When activated, lets you adjust the header. To adjust the header
use your mouse and left click the header, hold, and move the mouse
up and down
b) Edit Footer:
Allows you to adjust the footer left click the footer line, and adjust
accordingly.
c) Header/Footer Options:
Enables the user to select to enable/disable the headers and footers
Click on and save your file to complete
your conversion
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2. Able2Extract Professional 8 - Quick Start Guide
Step 3a: Conversion Options to Excel
Choose your conversion type:
1. Automatic
The default conversion option into Excel. Recommended for most
conversions into Excel. The software algorithm automatically
determines the positioning of the Excel columns.
2. Custom
Users get to designate how the conversion to Excel will look prior
to conversion using the Excel Custom Conversion Panel (More
detail on this below).
Step 3b: Using the Excel Custom Conversion Panel
Selecting the Excel ''Custom'' conversion solution activates the
Custom Conversion Panel on the left hand side. This panel will let
you manually add and reposition as many lines as required to
designate the column breaks and rows for the conversion into Excel.
1. Page Range
Users can first designate a page range for applying and customizing
the file’s table structure.
a) Page Range:
Apply a table structure on each page of the indicated page range
b) Expand:
Add additional pages where they would like to the table structure.
c) Exclude:
Exclude a page within a previously selected Page Range.
2. Tables
a) Add:
Add a table to a page.
b) Delete:
Delete a table. Once activated, left click on the table you wish to
delete.
c) Replot:
Automatically recalculates the column structure for all tables
within the active page range.
Once a table is created, you can edit the table structure using the tools
in the conversion Panel:
Columns
a) Add Columns:
Add a column. Once activated, left click to add a vertical column
line
b) Erase Column Lines:
Erase a column line. Left click on a column to erase it.
c) Manage Cell Content: drop down menu options
Decide how cell content is treated (such as text or numbers) when
it comes into contact or into close contact with a column line.
c) Column Types:
Decide how the content within each column is treated for the
purposes of Excel – as numbers, by default, or text.
Rows
a) Show Rows:
Show the rows on the page.

b) Manual Row Editing:
When this option is checked, the “Add Rows” and “Erase Row
Line” functionality is activated.
Add Rows: Left click to add a row
Erase Row Line: Left click to erase a row
c) Row Settings:
Demarcate the rows based on a specific column table within a table
or by using the existing row lines on the page.
Header and Footer
a) Edit Header:
When activated, lets you adjust the header. To adjust the header
use your mouse and left click the header, hold, and move the mouse
up and down
b) Edit Footer:
Allows you to adjust the footer left click the footer line, and adjust
accordingly.
c) Header/Footer Options:
Enables the user to select to enable/disable the headers and footers
Click on and save your file to complete
your conversion

3. Step 3a: Conversion Options to Excel
Choose your conversion type:
1. Automatic
The default conversion option into Excel. Recommended for most
conversions into Excel. The software algorithm automatically
determines the positioning of the Excel columns.
2. Custom
Users get to designate how the conversion to Excel will look prior
to conversion using the Excel Custom Conversion Panel (More
detail on this below).
Able2Extract Professional 8 - Quick Start Guide
Step 3b: Using the Excel Custom Conversion Panel
Selecting the Excel ''Custom'' conversion solution activates the
Custom Conversion Panel on the left hand side. This panel will let
you manually add and reposition as many lines as required to
designate the column breaks and rows for the conversion into Excel.
1. Page Range
Users can first designate a page range for applying and customizing
the file’s table structure.
a) Page Range:
Apply a table structure on each page of the indicated page range
b) Expand:
Add additional pages where they would like to the table structure.
c) Exclude:
Exclude a page within a previously selected Page Range.
2. Tables
a) Add:
Add a table to a page.
b) Delete:
Delete a table. Once activated, left click on the table you wish to
delete.
c) Replot:
Automatically recalculates the column structure for all tables
within the active page range.
Once a table is created, you can edit the table structure using the tools
in the conversion Panel:
Columns
a) Add Columns:
Add a column. Once activated, left click to add a vertical column
line
b) Erase Column Lines:
Erase a column line. Left click on a column to erase it.
c) Manage Cell Content: drop down menu options
Decide how cell content is treated (such as text or numbers) when
it comes into contact or into close contact with a column line.
c) Column Types:
Decide how the content within each column is treated for the
purposes of Excel – as numbers, by default, or text.
Rows
a) Show Rows:
Show the rows on the page.

b) Manual Row Editing:
When this option is checked, the “Add Rows” and “Erase Row
Line” functionality is activated.
Add Rows: Left click to add a row
Erase Row Line: Left click to erase a row
c) Row Settings:
Demarcate the rows based on a specific column table within a table
or by using the existing row lines on the page.
Header and Footer
a) Edit Header:
When activated, lets you adjust the header. To adjust the header
use your mouse and left click the header, hold, and move the mouse
up and down
b) Edit Footer:
Allows you to adjust the footer left click the footer line, and adjust
accordingly.
c) Header/Footer Options:
Enables the user to select to enable/disable the headers and footers
Click on and save your file to complete your conversion

4. Able2Extract Professional 8 - Quick Start Guide
Converting Image PDFs
The Software should automatically detect Image PDFs. If not, the
user can select “Perform Image Based Conversion” option in the
Edit Menu > OCR Options
Selecting an Area of Data
On native PDFs, users can select the icon on the toolbar.
Selection for Image PDFs is slightly different. To select a single
column on an image PDF, drag the mouse pointer over the text you
want to select.
Batch Conversion
Click in order to convert a batch of multiple files at once into a
specified folder or location.
Having trouble converting a PDF File? We offer top-tier customer
support. Call us at 416-920-2539 (M-F 9am-5pm EST) or e-mail
[email protected] with your question.
Telephone and E-mail Support
Able2Extract Professional 8 works on all 3 Windows, Mac and Linux
platforms. It converts native and scanned PDFs to MS Word (.doc)
documents or rich text format (.rtf) (Native PDFs are PDFs created by
computer applications). Comes with its own built-in PDF viewer.
Requirements
Windows 98, ME, Windows NT 4.0, 2000, XP, Vista, 7, 8, Mac OSX,
Linux: Ubuntu, Fedora
Additional Software: Microsoft Office 2000, 2002/XP, 2010
Processor: Intel Pentium II 233 MHZ processor or equivalent
Hard Drive Space: 40MB of available hard-disk space
Memory: 256MB RAM
Monitor: VGA 16 color 640x480 screen resolution
View Menu > Rotate View
Conversion quality will suffer when the PDF page is displayed on
its side. Rotate View menu solves this:
Clockwise - Rotates the document 90 degrees clockwise
Counterclockwise - Rotates the document 90 degrees
counterclockwise.
Edit Menu > OCR Options
Default - Default setting. Software determines whether to convert
using OCR or not.
Perform Image Based Conversion - Can be useful for PDF files
that have been created electronically, but that have damaged fonts or
that otherwise convert very poorly.
No Image Based Conversion - Turns off OCR engine to only
capture electroically created PDF elements.

View Menu Options
Options in this menu lets users alter the size of their PDF in the PDF
viewer.
Document Menu Options
These menu options allow user to scroll through pages in the PDF
document.
Help Menu Options
Contains a comprehensive help file to instruct users in greater detail.
Brief Background
Key Menu Commands
Tips & Tricks
You must select data in your PDF prior to converting. Three selection
options are available.
1. Mouse Based Selection
Left click mouse button beginning at the position from which you
want to select text.
Drag the mouse pointer (while still holding left button pressed!) over
the text you want to select.
2. Select Menu Options
a) Select Page Range:
Use this to select certain pages of the document - eg. Pages 1,4,9
b) Select All Pages:
Selects all pages of the document.
c) Select All on Page:
Selects all data on a page of the document.
Select the Open... command from the File menu.
Or,
Click on the button on the tool bar
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Converting your PDFs to Word
Step 1 : Open Your PDF
With PDF data selected you are now ready for conversion. For PDF to
Word conversions:
Click the on the toolbar.
Save your file to complete your conversion.
Step 2: Select PDF Data
Step 3: Converting to Word
3. Command Toolbar Quick Selection
Make quick document selections from the command toolbar:
a) : Selects the entire document instantly
b) Selects only certain areas of text