Downloading & Installing

• Go to releases menu & download the latest installer file
• Run the installer (don't install to ProgramFiles).
• PDFTableExtractor shortcut appears on the Desktop.

Usage with example

• a, Drag & drop 1 or more pdf-s onto the Desktop shortcut
• b, Right click on the pdf and select the extract option (must enable in settings)
• Cmd appears, printing information about the processing
• XLSX files are getting created in the same directory where the pdf-s were located
• For customizing output check out the Settings wiki page
• Example input & output:

Settings

To bring up the settings menu start the desktop icon normally

• Keep pages with rows/columns: Skip exporting all pages/sheets that doesn't meet the criteria
• Skip empty rows/columns: Different options for choosing row/column skipping methods
• Page naming strategy: How to name pages/sheets in the excel file
• Autosize columns: Resizes created columns before saving
• Parallel file processing: Enables processing multiple pdf-s at the same time
• Context menu: When turned on an extraction option appers in the right click menu of pdf files

Updating

• When a new version is available, a message appears in the console saying that the local version is out of date.
• To update go to the releases
• Download the new installer
• Uninstall the old one
• Install the new one

Reporting bugs

• Create a new issue with a descriptive title
• Try to include more information. e.g: the pdf you tried to extract (if you're allowed to), your settings, error.txt.
• If the expected output is wrong, demonstrate what the expected output would be and what the output of the app was
• When a program error occurs, a file named 'error.txt' gets created in the directory of the application

Requesting new features

• Create an issue what feature/filter you need, give it a descriptive name
• Write a short description what the feature/filter would do
• Post screenshots of the input and the expected output