Free online PDF tool

PDF to Excel

Reads the tables in a text-based PDF and writes them into a real Excel workbook, with headers, numbers and dates kept as real data rather than a picture of a page. Works on PDFs with real text and real table structure; a scanned PDF needs OCR PDF first. Converting needs a server, so the file is sent over an encrypted connection, converted, and the copy there is deleted as soon as the result is sent back, unless you are signed in and asked to keep it.

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Pull the tables out of a PDF into a workbook.
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What it does

PDF to Excel, at a glance.

  • Pull every table out of a PDF into a workbook
  • Keep numbers, dates and percentages as real data, not text
  • Delete the server copy as soon as the result is sent back

This tool needs a server. The file is sent over an encrypted connection, processed, and the copy there is deleted as soon as the result is sent back — unless you are signed in and asked to keep it.

Step by step

How to convert PDF to Excel

  1. Open the PDF whose tables you want in a spreadsheet.
  2. Send it to convert. It travels over an encrypted connection.
  3. Download the workbook — one sheet per table, ready to use.

Questions

PDF to Excel: questions and answers

Yes. Finding and extracting tables needs a server, so this file is sent over an encrypted connection. The copy there is deleted as soon as the result is sent back, unless you are signed in and asked to keep it.

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