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PDF to Excel Online
Pull tabular data out of a PDF into an XLSX workbook with one worksheet per page, so you can sort, total, and chart figures that were locked in a report.
- No sign-up, no watermark
- Files encrypted and auto-deleted
- No installation — runs right in your browser
- Fast processing on desktop and mobile
Read our full guide: How to Extract Data from PDFs Without Retyping Anything →
How to use PDF to Excel online
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Upload your files
Drag and drop or click to select your file(s). Uploads go directly to encrypted cloud storage over HTTPS. (PDF)
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Run the tool: PDF to Excel
Processing happens instantly in the cloud — no software to install, works on Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android.
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Download the result
Get your processed file via a secure temporary link. All files are deleted automatically about a day after upload.
Frequently asked questions
How does it decide where the columns are?
Column boundaries are inferred from runs of two or more spaces, or from tab characters, on each line of extracted text. That's the strongest signal available without full table-structure analysis, and it works well on reports where columns are visually separated — it works less well on tables whose columns are drawn with ruled lines but separated by a single space.
How is the workbook organized?
One worksheet per PDF page, named "Page 1", "Page 2", and so on, with blank lines skipped. That keeps a multi-page financial statement navigable instead of collapsing everything into one long sheet.
Why do I get an error about no extractable text?
Because the PDF is a scan — an image of a page with no text layer underneath. There is nothing to put in cells. Run OCR PDF on it first to add a text layer, then convert. The check fires when a document yields fewer than 20 characters of text.
Will I need to clean up the result?
Usually a little, yes. Expect to fix merged headers, multi-line cells that split across rows, and the occasional column that ran together. It's built to save you the retyping, not to be publication-ready output.
Will formulas and cell formatting come through?
No. A PDF has no formulas in it — only the printed results of whatever produced it. You get those values as text in cells, so totals and calculations need rebuilding in the spreadsheet afterwards.