How To Extract Data From Pdf To Excel Using Vba

To extract data from a PDF and import it into Excel using VBA, you can follow these steps:

1. Reference the necessary libraries: Acrobat and Adobe Acrobat PDFMaker.
2. Create an Excel macro to automate the process.
3. Open the PDF file in Adobe Acrobat using VBA.
4. Extract the desired data from the PDF into variables or arrays.
5. Write the extracted data into an Excel worksheet.
6. Save and close the Excel workbook.

Here’s an example of a VBA code snippet to accomplish this:

    ' Reference the necessary libraries
    Dim AcroApp As Acrobat.AcroApp
    Dim AcroAVDoc As Acrobat.AcroAVDoc
    Dim AcroPDDoc As Acrobat.AcroPDDoc
    Dim AcroPage As Acrobat.AcroPDPage
    
    ' Initialize the Acrobat objects
    Set AcroApp = CreateObject("AcroExch.App")
    Set AcroAVDoc = CreateObject("AcroExch.AVDoc")
    
    ' Open the PDF file
    If AcroAVDoc.Open("C:\path\to\your\file.pdf", "") Then
        Set AcroPDDoc = AcroAVDoc.GetPDDoc
        Set AcroPage = AcroPDDoc.AcquirePage(0) ' Choose the desired page number
        
        ' Extract data from the PDF
        Dim data As String
        data = AcroPage.GetWord(1, AcroPage.GetSize.x, AcroPage.GetSize.y, "TEXT")

        ' Write data into Excel
        Dim wb As Workbook
        Set wb = Application.Workbooks.Add
        With wb.Sheets(1)
            .Range("A1").Value = data
        End With
        
        ' Save and close Excel
        wb.SaveAs "C:\path\to\your\output.xlsx"
        wb.Close
        
        ' Close Acrobat
        AcroAVDoc.Close (True)
        AcroApp.Exit
    End If
  

In the above code, you need to replace “C:\path\to\your\file.pdf” with the actual path to your PDF file, and “C:\path\to\your\output.xlsx” with the desired path to save the Excel file.

This is a basic example that extracts the text from the first page of the PDF and writes it into the first cell of an Excel worksheet. You can modify and expand this code according to your specific requirements.