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Text Reference

Text Reference lets you draw a rectangular region in the PDF, extract the text inside that area, and write it into the active Excel cell while also assigning a hidden named range that links the cell back to the annotation.

Screenshots​

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How It Works​

  1. Select the destination cell in Excel before starting the command.
  2. Open the PDF in the viewer and run Text Reference.
  3. Draw a rectangle around the text to extract. The app writes the text to Excel and stores the link back to the PDF region.

What To Keep In Mind​

  • The linked named range allows navigation between the worksheet and the source annotation later.
  • If a group is selected, the resulting Excel formatting and annotation color can reflect that group.