PDF to Excel

Extract tables from a PDF into an editable .xlsx. Best results on PDFs with clearly bordered tables — borderless layouts may need a quick clean-up after.

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Server-side conversion.Office ↔ PDF needs a Word/Excel/PowerPoint engine that doesn’t run in your browser, so this tool uploads your file to our conversion partner, returns the result, and deletes the file immediately afterward. 10 MB per file, 10 conversions per hour per IP.

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How table extraction works

The conversion engine analyses each PDF page for grid-like structures — visible cell borders, consistent column gutters, repeated row spacing — and reconstructs them as rows and columns in an Excel sheet. Each PDF page typically becomes one worksheet (or one section within a worksheet) in the output workbook.

What works best

Tables with visible borders and consistent column widths
Bank statements, invoices and financial reports
Single-table-per-page PDFs (cleanest output)
Digitally-generated PDFs with a text layer

What needs cleanup

Borderless tables — columns may merge or split unpredictably
Tables that span multiple pages — usually rebuilt per page, not joined
Merged cells, multi-row headers and footnotes — best-effort
Scanned PDFs (no text layer) — needs OCR first

Why no formulas?

A PDF stores the visible values shown on the page, not the formulas that produced them. The converted Excel file therefore contains the same numbers as the PDF, as plain values — useful for further analysis, but not editable as live formulas.

Frequently asked

Questions about this tool

How well does table extraction work?

Best on PDFs with clearly bordered tables. Borderless tables, tables that span multiple pages, and merged cells are detected best-effort — they usually come through, but column alignment may need a quick clean-up.

Will formulas come across?

No. A PDF only stores the visible values, not the formulas behind them. The converted Excel file shows the same numbers as the PDF, as values rather than formulas.

What about pages that aren't tables?

Paragraphs of text are extracted into cells too, often one cell per line. Not ideal for prose — if your PDF is mostly text, use PDF → Word instead.

What are the size and rate limits?

Each file must be 10 MB or smaller. Each visitor (per IP address) can run up to 10 conversions per hour. These limits keep the conversion quota available for everyone — if you need more, the source files are usually best converted locally in Word, Excel or PowerPoint.

Is my file uploaded to a server?

Yes — Office ↔ PDF conversions need a Word/Excel/PowerPoint rendering engine that doesn't run in your browser. The file is uploaded to our conversion partner (ConvertAPI), converted, and deleted immediately afterward. We don't store, log, or share the file's contents. Files are capped at 10 MB and conversions are capped at 10 per hour per IP to keep the service available for everyone.