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ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 User’s Guide
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Options available when converting to Microsoft Excel
Thee options allow you to save tables in a convenient format:
● Ignore text outside tables
The output XLS file will only retain the tables of the original PDF file. The rest of the text will not be converted.
• Transform numeric values to numbers
The numeric values contained in the PDF files will be converted to Microsoft Excel numbers, allowing you to perform
arithmetic operations on numeric cells.
Options available when converting to TXT
• Insert page break character (#12) as page separator
The text will be divided into pages in exactly the same way as the original PDF document. If this option is not selected, no page
breaks will be used.
• Insert blank line as paragraph separator
The paragraphs will be separated by blank lines.
Improving Conversion Results
If the formatting of the original PDF document has not been preserved:
1. Check which mode is selected in the Retain layout field.
When converting to DOC, RTF, or HTML, select:
● Original layout to preserve the layout of the original document. The output document
will look exactly like the original.
● Text flow if the original layout need not be saved. The output document will preserve the
original paragraphs and fonts, but will not preserve columns, the positioning of the
objects, and spacing.
● Keep pictures to preserve the pictures. If the source PDF file has many pictures, the size
of the output file may be fairly large. Clear the Keep pictures option to reduce file size.
When converting to XLS, select:
● Ignore text outside tables to preserve only the tables. Any text outside the tables will
be discarded.
● Transform numeric values to numbers to convert the numeric values contained in
the PDF file into Microsoft Excel numbers, allowing you to perform arithmetic operations
on numeric cells.
When converting to TXT, select:
● Insert page break character (#12) as page separator to break the converted text
into pages in exactly the same way as the original text. If this option is not selected, the
original page breaks will be lost.
● Insert blank line as paragraph separator
2. Adjust the areas detected by the program or manually select text, table, and picture areas as required. For
detailed instructions, see Selecting and Adjusting Areas Manually.
3. Check text orientation in the text areas. For detailed instructions, see Selecting and Adjusting Areas Manually.
If there are too many errors in the output file:
1. Check the languages selected in the PDF document languages field.
To select the required language(s), click Change...
If a required language is not on the list, this means that ABBYY PDF Transformer 2.0 does not support this
language. See Supported Conversion Languages for the full list of available languages.