How to Extract Data from Scanned PDF Forms on Windows

[Music] hello there welcome to another tutorial with me anna from pdf element businesses deal with many printed mailed and faxed forms from customers that get scanned into their system now there's a way you can easily unlock the data trapped in these scanned forms without having to do hours of manual typing in this video i will show you how to use pdf elements brand new form data extraction feature on windows to create a form template and extract data from many identical scan forms at once into a single spreadsheet i've already uploaded a scanned pdf format to pdf element so let's begin click the form tab and then the data extraction icon in the toolbar choose to extract data from a scanned pdf next create a template by tracing areas you want pdf element to recognize as form fields pdfelement will extract data from these fields into a spreadsheet after creating your template save those settings with a unique name so you can reuse it in the future when you're done click yes to the question at the top of the page that asks if you've completed building your click the add files button to add as many identical scan forms as you need or simply drag them into the window now click start to extract all of this data into a single csv file then click the finish button to access and verify your data straight away there you have it your form information is now accurate measurable and actionable and you didn't have to spend all that time typing be sure to check out the rest of my videos for other useful ways to work with pdf forms and extract data if you found this video helpful make sure to share it with friends who'd benefit from pdf element use the comments section to tell me what other tutorial videos you want to see and don't forget to like my video you

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Length: 2min 24sec (144 seconds)

Published: Mon May 22 2017