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PDF to Excel

Turn a PDF table into a downloadable Excel workbook. The browser groups positioned text or tries English OCR on scanned pages; if it cannot detect a consistent multi-column table, it creates no workbook.

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One PDF per runPDF onlyUp to 20 MBProcessing stays in this browser

Drop one PDF here or click to chooseOne file · PDF · up to 20 MB

Table positions are reconstructed, not copied as spreadsheet structure. Check every downloaded sheet against the PDF; English OCR may misread a scan.

How a PDF table becomes a workbook

This PDF to Excel converter reads text positions already stored in a PDF and groups separated cells into rows. On a page without a usable text layer, it renders that page in the browser and tries local English OCR. Detected table rows become an XLSX worksheet labeled with the source page.

Searches such as “convert PDF to Excel,” “convert PDF to XLS,” and “free PDF to Excel converter” describe this table-reconstruction task. The download is an XLSX workbook, not the older XLS format.

A PDF does not carry reliable spreadsheet cell boundaries in every layout. This tool only exports when it finds multiple rows with a repeatable multi-column pattern. It can group a heading or paragraph incorrectly, miss merged cells, or misread scanned characters. No consistent table means no download.

What to check in the XLSX copy

  1. Choose one PDF file up to 20 MB.
  2. Select “Convert tables to XLSX.” Text-layer pages use their stored positions; scan pages use English printed-text OCR in this browser.
  3. Open the workbook and compare row order, columns, numbers, dates, and symbols with the source before relying on it.

Cells are reconstructed from page geometry. The original fonts, colors, formulas, borders, tables, and page layout are not transferred. OCR is not handwriting recognition. Password-protected, malformed, or unsupported PDFs may fail. The source file is not changed or uploaded.

Frequently asked questions

Can I convert PDF to Excel without uploading it?

Yes. The selected file is read and processed in this browser; the page does not send it to a document-processing server.

Can it convert a scanned PDF table?

It tries English OCR on pages without a usable text layer. A detected grid still has to show a repeatable multi-column pattern; review the workbook because OCR and column grouping can be wrong.

Does it keep the PDF's exact table formatting?

No. It reconstructs cell text and approximate row/column groupings. It does not copy the source page's fonts, colors, borders, formulas, or layout.

Related PDF tools

For a plain text export, use PDF to Text. To make a PDF from workbook values, use Excel to PDF.

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