PDF to Excel
Extract a PDF’s text into an Excel workbook: one row per text line, cells split on wide spacing, page numbers included.
About this tool
Numbers trapped in a PDF want to be a spreadsheet. This tool extracts the embedded text page by page and writes it to a real .xlsx workbook: first column the page number, then one row per text line, with cells split wherever the line has wide spacing.
That makes it a starting grid, not a reconstruction: tidy column layouts come across well, while merged cells and multi-column pages need manual cleanup in Excel, and scanned PDFs yield nothing because there is no text to extract and no OCR is performed. The workbook is built entirely in your browser.
How to use PDF to Excel
- Choose up to 20 PDF files (20 MB each).
- Run the extraction — watch the per-page progress.
- Download each .xlsx workbook and tidy the columns in Excel.
Keep the original files and inspect the exported result before publishing or sharing it.
Frequently asked questions
Will it rebuild my tables exactly?
No — this is a basic line-based extraction: each text line becomes a row and wide gaps become cell boundaries. Simple column layouts come across well; merged cells and complex tables need manual tidying.
What about scanned PDFs?
Scanned pages have no embedded text, so they produce no rows. This tool does not perform OCR.
Which columns does the workbook have?
The first column is the source page number; the rest are the cells split from each line.
Are encrypted PDFs supported?
No. Encrypted or password-protected PDFs are rejected. Export an unlocked copy first.
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