Mike,Wow a blast from the past! I too remember using Monarch on a consulting
assignment. Probably have the software on disk somewhere in a box with 5.25" or
3.5" disks. Shame that probably not usable now since it is most likely 16 bit
software. Went to Monarch site but it did not have a price list. Jim Bentley,
American Celiac Society 1-504-305-2968
From: MikeB <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2015 3:08 PM
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
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> Karen:
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> I’ve been very successful with “Monarch Desktop” from DataWatch Corp. (
> starting w/ version 2.0 in 1993 ).
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> Monarch allows you to ‘paint’ a data-capture mask on a native (1) PDF
> document.
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> 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.
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> This data is then easily exported to Excel, CSV or SQL table
> structures.
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> I believe the current version can be connected to the world through
> ODBC.
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> 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.
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> (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.
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> Let me know if I can help.
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> Bruce Chitiea
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> 909.238.9012 mobile
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> 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
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> 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!
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> 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.
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> Karen
