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PDF to Excel
Turn a PDF's tables into a real Excel spreadsheet (.xlsx) entirely in your browser — rows and columns are reconstructed from the text layer, one sheet per page. The file is never uploaded. No account, no email.
Frequently asked questions
- Does my file get uploaded?
- No — and this is rare for this conversion. It runs entirely in your browser, on your own device. Your PDF never leaves your computer and never reaches a server. That matters most here, because the tables people convert — bank statements, invoices, pay data — are exactly what you don't want to hand to someone else's server.
- How are the rows and columns worked out?
- From where the text sits on the page. Each line becomes a row, and columns are found by aligning cells that share the same horizontal position — the same way you'd read the table by eye. It captures the cell values and their grid; it does not read ruled lines or reconstruct merged or spanning cells, so an unusual layout may need a quick tidy-up in Excel.
- Does it work on scanned PDFs?
- Only if the scan has a text layer. This tool reads text already embedded in the PDF and places it into cells. A pure scan is an image with no text, so there is nothing to extract — you'll be told that clearly rather than handed a blank spreadsheet, and pointed to our OCR PDF tool, which reads text from scans in your browser first.
- What do I get back?
- A standard .xlsx that opens in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc, and Numbers — with one worksheet per page of the PDF, ready to sort, sum, and edit.
Guide
How to convert PDF to Excel — what works, what doesn't, and why
Convert a PDF's tables to an editable Excel spreadsheet without uploading the file. This guide explains what PDF-to-Excel actually does, when it works well, and when you'll need to clean up the output.
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