vba word pdf table to excel code example

Example: vba word pdf table to excel

Sub ImportPDFTable()
Dim wdDoc As Object
Dim wdFileName As Variant
Dim wrd As Object
Dim ApplicationIsRunning As Object
Dim IsWordRunning As Boolean
Dim TableNo As Integer
Dim iRow As Long, iCol As Integer, iCount As Integer

    wdFileName = Application.GetOpenFilename("PDF files,*.pdf,Word files,*.doc*", , _
    "Browse for file containing table to be imported")

    If wdFileName = False Then Exit Sub '(user cancelled import file browser)
    Set wrd = CreateObject("Word.Application")
    Set wdDoc = wrd.Documents.Open(wdFileName) 'open PDF file in Word
    wrd.Visible = False

    wrd.Selection.WholeStory
    wrd.Selection.Copy
    ActiveSheet.PasteSpecial Format:="Text" 'optional - pastes whole document for easy checking
    Range("A1").Select

    With wdDoc
        TableNo = wdDoc.tables.Count
        If TableNo = 0 Then MsgBox "This document contains no tables", vbExclamation, "Import Word Table"

        For iCount = 1 To TableNo
            Worksheets.Add
            'Range("A:M").NumberFormat = "@"
            TableNo = iCount
            With .tables(TableNo)
            'copy cell contents from Word table cells to Excel cells
                For iRow = 1 To .Rows.Count
                    For iCol = 1 To .Columns.Count
                        On Error Resume Next
                        Cells(iRow, iCol) = WorksheetFunction.Clean(.cell(iRow, iCol).Range.Text)
                    Next iCol
                Next iRow
            End With
        Next iCount
    End With

    Set wdDoc = Nothing
    wrd.Quit
    Set wrd = Nothing

End Sub