Microsoft announced this week that's it's now possible for Office 365 users to import table data from Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files into the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program.

PDF Data Connector from Microsoft will help you import and use PDF data into Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. Learn how to use it.

Locate and select the PDF file you wish to import. Excel will analyze the PDF and present a list of tables to import. Select specific or multiple tables and click ‘Load’ to import them into Excel.

How to Paste From PDF Format to Excel. The PDF extension is a file format used by Adobe Reader, a free software program. However, PDF files are read-only, which means you cannot edit them.