Technical requirements
You will have the best experience in Power Query if you’re using Microsoft 365 or Excel 2021, but most of what I will share can be conducted in Excel 2010 and later. At the time of writing, Power Query is in beta testing for Microsoft 365 users of Excel for macOS. Anyone using Excel 2010 or Excel 2013 will need to download and install the free Power Query add-in. You can access Power Query in Excel 2016 by way of Data | New Query instead of Data | Get Data, which you must do in Excel 2019 and later. Microsoft 365 or Excel 2021 is required to extract data from PDF files. The workbooks, PDF file, and text files that I used in this chapter can be downloaded from GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Exploring-Microsoft-Excels-Hidden-Treasures/tree/main/Chapter12.