pdf drawing reader with tabula. Capture a portion of pdf and convert the text to .csv file.

(first prompt) 'how big do you want the read window from the right side of the page? ---> '

• This is the dimension from the far right of the page that sets the left edge of the capture window.
• object type : float

(second prompt) 'how big do you want the read window from the top of the page? ---> '

• This is the dimension from the far top of the page that sets the bottom edge of the capture window.
• object type : float

• 11x17 landscape
• 24x18
• 36x24

• takes original pdf document
• crops document to user selected window size
• creates "cropped_file"
• appends all pages to "cropped_file"
• tabula runs on cropped file to create .csv file