Microsoft Excel can now import data from PDF documents

The Microsoft Office software team announced today that it will provide Microsoft 365 users with a new data import function. This function is developed on the basis of Excel’s data acquisition function. This new option is to support users to import data through PDF documents. It becomes an editable spreadsheet in Excel.

Microsoft writes, “We are excited to announce a new and exciting update to Get & Transform Data capabilities in Excel – PDF data connector! This has been one of the top requests from you and we heard you. With the new From PDF connector you can connect to PDF files, and use the included data from the file, just like any other data source in Excel.”

In addition, there is a small method for importing PDF files. You can print out the PDF page with table data, and then use the scanning function of Microsoft Excel mobile version to recognize, the recognized data will be automatically converted into editable data and save into Excel.