Bookkeeper for a contractor
Posted by Sally
The letter
The invoice PDF shows the total fine, but I need each line item in Excel for job costing. Typing them is killing my week.
Adobe export and online converters — they drop columns or merge cells wrong.
Each line item is its own row with description, qty, and amount.
Stacked like notes on the desk. Links open someone else's site.
Used Tabula on the PDF table region, exported CSV, cleaned merged cells in Excel with a fixed template.
Still manual: You pick the table area on each PDF layout once.
Cost: Free desktop tool.
Exported to Excel from Adobe, then ran a short cleanup sheet that splits combined cells into rows.
Still manual: Cleanup sheet is yours to keep; run it after each export.
Cost: Adobe subscription if you use their export.