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Table Reference

Table Reference follows the same draw-and-link pattern as Text Reference, but it writes a table-shaped result into Excel beginning at the active cell. The exported cells still carry the hidden reference name tied to the annotation.

Table Reference Ribbon Command​

Table reference ribbon command

Table Reference Linked to Excel Range​

The following example shows a table reference placed on a document page. This reference is related to a specific annotation group called 'Tables' (this group is optional), which defines how the reference is displayed. The tabulated information from the reference has been extracted into a range on the Excel worksheet. This target range is formatted using the same visual styles as the reference in the document.

Text Reference ribbon command

How It Works​

  1. Select the top-left destination cell in Excel.
  2. Run Table Reference from the Linked Documents commands.
  3. Draw a rectangle over the table region in the PDF so the extracted rows and columns are written into the sheet.

What To Keep In Mind​

  • Use this when the source PDF contains tabular data that should stay traceable back to the page region.
  • An empty fallback grid is still written if extraction returns no table content, preserving the reference to the document in the workbook.