PDF to Excel
Extract text and tables from a PDF file and download them as an Excel file.
Note: columns are detected based on whitespace (a layout heuristic) — works well for simple tables, not for complex multi-column layouts.
How it works
Upload PDF
Select a PDF file with tabular content.
Convert
The content is split line by line into cells.
Download
The .xlsx file downloads automatically.
Benefits
Good to know about this tool
Extracts text from a PDF while preserving layout, splitting each line into spreadsheet columns based on whitespace, output as an .xlsx file.
So tabular data from PDFs (e.g. price lists, reports) can be reused without manually retyping it.
- Continue editing a price list from a PDF in Excel
- Reuse figures from a PDF report
- Extract table data for your own calculations
- Check the result for correct column splitting after converting
- Works best on tables clearly separated with whitespace
Frequently Asked Questions
Are real tables detected?
Note: columns are detected based on whitespace (a layout heuristic) — works well for simple tables, not for complex multi-column layouts.
Does this work with scanned PDFs?
Only if the PDF already contains searchable text.
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