When you consider the accomplishment over decades of the people on this list; and the tools that did their job superbly in their day at the work of our hands; were we to do nothing going forward, we could proudly and honestly say we all contributed more than our share.
Bruce Chitiea 909.238.9012 cell > On Aug 12, 2015, at 19:42, MikeB <[email protected]> wrote: > > The version I have was sold by Personics and was pretty darn good for the > time, I thought.. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce >> A. Chitiea >> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 8:56 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: PDF to Excel >> >> The newest version is stunningly good at capturing and prepping data >> for GATEWAY into RBASE. >> >> Bruce Chitiea >> SafeSectors, Inc. >> 909.238.9012 mobile >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of MikeB >> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 1:09 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: PDF to Excel >> >> Gawd, I still have Monarch from the early nineties on two 3.5 in >> disks.. I used it extensively to capture irregularly formed data.. >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bruce >>> A. Chitiea >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 11:46 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: PDF to Excel >>> >>> Karen: >>> >>> >>> >>> I’ve been very successful with “Monarch Desktop” from DataWatch Corp. >>> ( starting w/ version 2.0 in 1993 ). >>> >>> >>> >>> Monarch allows you to ‘paint’ a data-capture mask on a native (1) >> PDF >>> document. >>> >>> >>> >>> Each painted field is named and described, so as the capture proceeds >>> the data is arranged in an internal format displayed very much like >> an >>> Excel file. >>> >>> >>> >>> This data is then easily exported to Excel, CSV or SQL table >>> structures. >>> >>> >>> >>> I believe the current version can be connected to the world through >>> ODBC. >>> >>> >>> >>> Once created, any recurring document – such as a bank statement or >>> financial statement – may be captured and converted using the mask. >> No >>> need to recreate the mask. >>> >>> >>> >>> (1) Monarch works directly with data structures within a PDF >>> document; it requires a PDF file generated directly with a PDF >>> printing process. A PDF of a scanned hard-copy document is >> problematic. >>> >>> >>> >>> Let me know if I can help. >>> >>> >>> >>> Bruce Chitiea >>> >>> 909.238.9012 mobile >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Karen >>> Tellef >>> Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 6:58 AM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [RBASE-L] - PDF to Excel >>> >>> >>> >>> Well, let's see if THIS message only comes to the list once!! >>> Sorry for whatever hickup on my or their side that caused the >>> cascading messages! >>> >>> Is there a utlity you've used to convert a PDF to Excel? I need to >>> import data from a PDF file. I googled it and I see alot of "free" >>> options (free is always cool) but I worry that those free utilities >>> are installing other unknown things on the computer. Would be >> willing >>> to pay for a quality program, of course! The utility doesn't have to >>> be fully automated, the user is willing to do the conversion manually >>> is that's required. >>> >>> Karen > >
