📊 PDF to Excel — Extract Tables from PDF
Convert tables from PDF files into editable Excel spreadsheets. Extract data from invoices, financial statements, reports, and more. Download as XLSX or CSV. All processing happens in your browser.
How to Convert PDF to Excel
Drop a PDF file onto the converter above. The tool extracts text from each page using PDF.js, then analyzes the text layout to identify table structures. Rows and columns are detected based on text position and spacing.
Preview the extracted data before downloading. You can choose between XLSX (Excel format with sheets) and CSV (universal plain-text format). The preview shows how your data will appear in the spreadsheet, letting you verify accuracy before committing to the download.
Tips for Best Results
Table extraction works best on text-based PDFs with clear column structures. Scanned documents (image-only PDFs) cannot be processed — they require OCR first. Financial statements, invoices, and data reports with regular table layouts produce the most accurate results. After conversion, you may need to adjust column widths and formatting in Excel.
PDF to Excel — Data Extraction Overview
| PDF Type | Extraction Quality | Best For |
|---|---|---|
| Text-based with tables | Excellent | Financial statements, invoices, reports |
| Text-based plain | Good | Simple lists and paragraphs |
| Formatted (multi-column) | Fair | Newsletters, brochures |
| Scanned / Image-based | Not supported | Requires OCR preprocessing |