Importing PDF comments into Excel Spreadsheet?

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OK, I know you can export comments to .fdf and .xfdf formatted files, but I can’t figure out how to import data and have it show up in an ordered excel spreadsheet with comments, page, author, in the right cells/columns. I did successfully import .xfdf but the resulting excel spreadsheet was a giant mess. Any clues? Anything I can add to Acrobat X to translate to .xls, or something that will work?

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Keenplanner:

I found this on the WEB. Perhaps it will help. I have not tried to use the below solution.
Regards,
Duthiet

A script that performs this function is available through the Actions Exchange at adobeusers.com:
http://acrobatusers.com/actions-exchange/create-comment-summary

Download the pdf from the link above, which includes instructions on how to use the Create Comment Summary Action. Note that you must dowload and import the Create Comment Summary.sequ file attached to the pdf. This link contains a video tutorial.

This is a great tool, but could be improved by grouping actions related to the same comment on single rows, rather than create a new row for each action. I will create a new post to inquire about how this functionality might be achieved.

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