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SASPhile
Quartz | Level 8 SASPhile
Quartz | Level 8

PDF file

Posted 11-30-2010 11:31 AM (1301 views)
How to read PDF file to SAS?
or any technique that converts PDF to excel or MS Access file?
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Doc_Duke
Rhodochrosite | Level 12 Doc_Duke
Rhodochrosite | Level 12

Re: PDF file

Posted 11-30-2010 02:18 PM (1276 views)  |   In reply to SASPhile
In the past, I have used products like OmniScan to convert the text that is in the PDF into ASCII text and then read it with SAS. It can get a bit ugly, but is better than retyping.
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Phrzby_Phil
Calcite | Level 5 Phrzby_Phil
Calcite | Level 5

Re: PDF file

Posted 11-30-2010 02:42 PM (1276 views)  |   In reply to Doc_Duke
Why not just save it as .txt from Adobe?
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evanpan
Calcite | Level 5 evanpan
Calcite | Level 5

Re: PDF file

Posted 11-14-2015 10:17 AM (1268 views)  |   In reply to Phrzby_Phil
hi, have you worked it out?
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