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PDF to Excel
Extract PDF text into an Excel spreadsheet.
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PDF files are processed locally in your browser and never uploaded.
About PDF to Excel
PDF to Excel extracts PDF text into an Excel spreadsheet. Each PDF page becomes a row with its page number and its text, so information locked in a PDF can be sorted, filtered and analysed in a spreadsheet. It is made for pulling lists, records and report text out of PDFs and into a form where numbers and words can actually be worked with.
A PDF is a poor place to analyse data: you can read it, but you cannot sort it, filter it or run a formula over it. Moving the text into Excel changes that, even though the original table layout is not recreated exactly. For lists and reports where the text matters more than the layout, that trade is worth it.
How to use PDF to Excel
- Choose a PDF with “Select PDF file”.
- Press “Convert to Excel”.
- Download the spreadsheet, named converted.xlsx.
- Open it in Excel or a compatible app and sort or filter the rows.
Why use PDF to Excel
PDF text, in a spreadsheet — readable becomes workable.
- Page by page — each page becomes a row, labelled with its page number.
- Sortable and filterable — spreadsheet rows can be sorted, filtered and searched.
- Private — extraction happens in your browser; the PDF is never uploaded.
Common uses
Common uses include pulling a list of names, prices or records out of a PDF report, moving data from a supplier's PDF catalogue into a spreadsheet for comparison, and collecting figures from monthly PDF statements into one workbook. Once the text is in rows, it can be sorted, filtered and totalled.
Your files and privacy
Your PDF is converted in your browser and is never uploaded to a server.
Honest limits
Text only; layout is not preserved exactly. Complex tables are extracted as text rows, not recreated as formatted tables.
Frequently asked questions
Will tables be recreated exactly?
No. Text is extracted page by page into a spreadsheet; complex table layout is not preserved exactly.
Can I choose which pages to extract?
No, all pages are extracted, one row per page. If you only need some pages, split the PDF first to the pages you want, then convert that smaller file to Excel.
What does each row contain?
A page label and that page's extracted text, so you can trace every row back to its page.
Can I convert a scanned PDF?
Only if the PDF has a text layer. A scanned image PDF has no text to extract; use Image to Text (OCR) first, then work with the extracted text.
What spreadsheet format is produced?
A standard .xlsx file, which opens in Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice and other compatible apps.