Structure Recovery: PDF to XLSX
Published by PDFteq Data Engineering
PDFs are designed for printing, not data analysis. They store text as "floating strings" at specific coordinates, not as rows and columns. Converting this to Excel requires Spatial Reconstruction.
How Coordinate Mapping Works
Our engine reads the (x, y) position of every text element. It groups items with similar y values into Rows and items with similar x values into Columns.
IF (Text_Y ≈ Previous_Text_Y) THEN
Add to Current Row
ELSE
Create New Row
END IF
Add to Current Row
ELSE
Create New Row
END IF