TL;DR Key Takeaways : Open a blank workbook in Microsoft Excel. Navigate to the ‘Data’ tab in the Excel ribbon. Select ‘Get Data’ and then choose ‘From File’ followed by ‘From PDF’.

Create a new Excel spreadsheet. Open the Get Data menu from the Data tab on the ribbon. Select From File > From PDF. Locate the PDF document you want to use. Select the data you want to import.

Open the PDF file in the application. Manually select and copy the data you need from the PDF. Paste the copied data into a blank Excel spreadsheet.

Open the Microsoft Excel application from your desktop by clicking on "Microsoft Office Excel" on the "Microsoft Office" submenu of the Windows "Programs" menu. Insert the PDF file into a cell in ...

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