PDF2XL CLI Online Help

Conversion Process

The conversion process begins when the user clicks on one of the conversion starting buttons in the Convert Toolbar, the convert button or drop-down menu of the Standard Toolbar, or one of the items in the Convert Menu.

PDF2XL CLI must first decide what pages to convert. This is done by consulting the Pages to Convert setting.
If the Ask me each time setting is on, the Select Conversion Pages Dialog (shown below) will be displayed, and the user can select which pages will be converted.

If, on the other hand, the Ask me each time setting is off, the default setting is used to decide what to do immediately.
If 'Current Visible Page' is selected, the current page will be converted. If 'All Pages' is selected, the whole document will be converted; and if 'Page Range' is selected, the Select Page Range Dialog (shown below) will be displayed for the user to select the range.

If the conversion format is to a new Excel, Word or CSV file, and the Filename settings of the Conversion Settings Page is set to 'Ask me for a filename', the Save As... Dialog will be displayed so the user can select the filename to write to.

Now PDF2XL CLI starts the conversion process itself. The progress of the conversion is displayed by the Conversion Progress Dialog shown here:

If the user can cancel the conversion by clicking on the 'Cancel' button of the Progres Dialog.

If the Open File after Conversion option is checked in the Conversion Settings Page, then:

• If the conversion was to a Excel or Excel File, an Excel window displaying the converted data will be opened when the conversion process has been finished.
• If the conversion was to a Word or Word File, a Word window displaying the converted data will be opened when the conversion process has been finished.
• If the conversion was to a CSV File, and the CSV file type is associated with an application (usually to Excel), that application will opened displaying the converted data when the conversion process has been finished.