PDF to Excel Converter

Convert a PDF file to Excel for free. The PDF to Excel converter finds the tables on each page, puts every cell in its own row and column, and saves an .xlsx workbook that opens in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice Calc and Apple Numbers. For plain data, save the same tables as CSV instead.

Amounts like 1,250.00, (45.50) and 12.5% come out as real numbers you can sum and sort. The conversion runs in your browser, so bank statements, invoices and reports are never uploaded. It needs a PDF with selectable text, so run a scanned PDF through OCR PDF first.

A PDF has no table structure. It stores each piece of text at a fixed spot on the page, and the grid lines are drawn strokes with no link to the text. The converter reads the text positions with pdf.js and rebuilds the grid from them.

Text that shares a baseline becomes one row. A gap wider than a normal word space starts a new cell. Columns are then found across all the rows. Cells that overlap horizontally belong to the same column. A header that spans two columns goes in the first one, and the cells are not merged. Titles and notes above the table go into column A.

A scanned PDF or one made from phone photos holds pictures of pages with no text, so the converter has nothing to read. If no chosen page has text, the tool stops and asks you to run OCR PDF first. If only some pages are scans, the spreadsheet is still made and the result lists the pages that had no text.

OCR PDF reads the words on each page and adds a hidden text layer. It also runs in your browser. Convert the OCR result here afterwards. Check the numbers against the original, because OCR can misread a digit on a blurry scan.

One sheet per page names the sheets Page 1, Page 2 and so on, and finds the columns of each page on its own. Pick it when the pages hold different tables, such as a report with a summary on page 1 and details after it.

One sheet puts every chosen page into a single table and lines the columns up across all of them. Pick it for long statements and ledgers, then filter out the repeated header rows in Excel. For CSV, One file per page saves a separate .csv file for each page, packed in a ZIP when there are several.

Choose only the pages with tables, so letterheads and small print stay out of your rows. If a cell's text wraps onto two lines in the PDF, each line becomes its own row. Join them in Excel where needed.

Tables set very tightly, with columns almost touching, can come out with two columns merged into one. Excel's Text to Columns feature splits them again. If the PDF asks for a password to open, remove it with Unlock PDF first, using the password you know.