PDF to Excel

Retyping data from a PDF table into a spreadsheet is tedious and error-prone. The PDF to Excel converter automates this by identifying table structures within your PDF and reconstructing them as editable cells in a .xlsx workbook compatible with Microsoft Excel 2013+, Google Sheets, and LibreOffice Calc.

The extraction engine analyses the bounding boxes of text elements in the PDF to determine which pieces of text belong to the same row and column. It then writes these values into the appropriate cells, preserving numeric data types where possible. A 50-row financial table that would take 20 minutes to retype manually is converted in under 30 seconds.

Best results with:

• Bank statements and financial reports with clearly defined columns
• Pricing tables and product lists
• Survey results exported as PDFs
• Scientific data tables with consistent row/column structure

Limitations to be aware of:

• Scanned PDFs that are image-only cannot be directly converted — process them with OCR PDF first to add a text layer
• Merged or irregularly spanned cells may not reconstruct perfectly
• Decorative dividers or complex nested tables may require manual cleanup

If your PDF contains multiple types of content — tables plus charts plus text — and you need the full document in an editable format rather than just the spreadsheet data, consider PDF to Word conversion instead.

Security: Uploaded files are processed over an encrypted HTTPS connection and deleted from our servers within one hour. No extracted data is stored or analysed beyond the conversion itself. The tool is fully free with no account required.