How to convert PDF to Excel
- 1 Drop your PDF on the box, or click browse to choose it.
- 2 Choose one sheet per page or all pages in one sheet.
- 3 Keep Turn numbers into real Excel numbers on, and skip one-cell lines if you only want the table rows.
- 4 Press Convert to Excel, check the preview, and open the .xlsx file.
Cleaning up converted tables
Sort and filter the sheet to spot rows that landed in the wrong column. Unlock protected statements first with Unlock PDF; to turn the finished sheet back into a PDF, use Excel to PDF.
- Use one sheet per page for multi-page tables you will check.
- Totals rows may need re-formulas.
- Codes with leading zeros stay as text.
Features
Columns lined up
Text positions are used to rebuild rows and columns.
Real numbers
Commas, currency, brackets and percentages are converted.
Private
Converted in your browser; nothing is uploaded.
When to use it
Bank and card statements
Turn transactions into a spreadsheet to sort and total them. To unlock a protected statement first, use Unlock PDF.
Price lists and catalogues
Move supplier price lists into Excel to compare and calculate.
Reports and invoices
Extract figures from reports for your own analysis. For the full text instead, use PDF to Text.
Survey and research data
Pull published tables into Excel for charts.
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Frequently asked questions
How accurate is the conversion?
Simple tables with clear columns convert well. Tables with merged cells, wrapped text or no spacing between columns may need some tidying in Excel. Because PDFs do not store tables as tables, every converter rebuilds them from text positions.
Can it convert scanned PDFs?
No. Scanned PDFs contain pictures of text. Convert the pages with Image to Text in our image tools first, or type the figures in.
How are numbers converted?
Values like 1,200, $1,000, (150) and 20.8% become numbers in Excel: 1200, 1000, minus 150 and a percentage. Codes with leading zeros, such as 00123, stay as text.
Why do some cells end up in the wrong column?
Text that sits between columns or wraps onto two lines can be placed in a neighbouring column. Move it in Excel, or try the all-in-one-sheet option for long tables.
Does it keep fonts and colours?
No. Only the values come across, which makes them easy to work with.
Can I open the file in Google Sheets?
Yes. Upload the .xlsx file to Google Drive and open it with Google Sheets, or open it in LibreOffice or Numbers.
What happens to text that is not in a table?
Titles and notes become rows with one cell. Tick Skip lines with only one cell to leave them out.
Is there a page limit?
No fixed limit. Each page can become its own sheet.
Can I convert only one page?
Convert the whole PDF and use the sheet for the page you need, since each page gets its own sheet. Or extract the page first with Extract PDF Pages and convert just that file.
Is my PDF uploaded?
No. The tables are read in your browser, so financial documents stay private.
How this tool works. These PDF tools run entirely in your browser using two widely used open-source libraries: PDF.js, the PDF engine built into Firefox, to read and render pages, and pdf-lib to create and edit files. Each tool is tested with typed documents, phone scans and photo-heavy files before it goes live, and nothing you open is sent to a server.
Built and reviewed by Hamza Farooq, founder and lead developer
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