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ChatGPT: extract a decision table from a PDF
Choose a readable, approved PDF and identify its version. Include a known decision to test whether the relevant pages are visible.
Environment and inputs: ChatGPT user guide · Feature and source access depend on the active account, app and organization settings. Optional file or app steps have a text-excerpt fallback. No fixed model version, price or usage quota is assumed.
What you will make
A practical ChatGPT guide to extract a decision table from a PDF. Use the sample input and prompt, then check the result. Use a fictional small-office IT team as the practice setting. Keep the approved facts in a clearly labeled source block.
Prepare the source and scope
Choose a readable, approved PDF and identify its version. Include a known decision to test whether the relevant pages are visible. Open the ChatGPT app or website and start a focused conversation for this exercise.
Try this prompt
In ChatGPT, provide the prepared input, then send the following request. For real work, replace fictional details with approved facts.
Extract the approval decisions into Decision, Approver and PDF page. Keep undecided items in a separate section and identify any unreadable table.Review the result
Open the cited PDF pages and compare approver names with the original layout. Record each correction and its supporting source.
If the answer is wrong or incomplete
Page numbering printed inside the document may differ from viewer numbering. State which scheme the references use. For recurring work, keep the active source list with the project brief; for a one-off task, supply just the relevant excerpt.
Practice and completion check
Repeat with one incomplete input. Check the answer against the review criteria, remove unsupported claims and save the prompt with its source version. This workflow has not been verified in a customer deployment.