I copied the 3.5" disks to image folders some years back on my archive disk. Pack Rat habits hard to break..
> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of James > Bentley > Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2015 9:58 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [RBASE-L] - RE: PDF to Excel > > 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 > > > > 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 > > >
