How to use PDF to Excel
- Add a PDF with selectable text (bank statements, price lists and reports from software usually qualify).
- Choose whether each page gets its own sheet or everything goes on one sheet.
- Press Convert to Excel and download the .xlsx.
About this tool
The tool groups the text on each page into rows, then splits every row into cells wherever there is a clear gap, and lines those cells up into columns. Numbers are stored as numbers so you can sum them straight away.
That approach works well for tidy tables and simple statements. Complex layouts, merged cells or tables drawn as pictures will need some cleanup. If you only need the words, PDF to Text is simpler, and PDF to Word keeps paragraphs.
Good to know
- Best-effort table detection. Always check the numbers against the original.
- Scanned PDFs have no text layer and will not work (no OCR).
- Password-protected PDFs need to be unlocked first.
PDF to Excel: frequently asked questions
Will my table come out perfectly?
Simple tables usually do. Complicated layouts may need manual cleanup, so always check important numbers.
Why are some cells combined or split oddly?
Cells are detected by gaps between text. Tight or irregular spacing can confuse this, and that is a limit of reading text from PDFs.
Can it read a scanned bank statement?
No. A scan is a picture, and this tool reads the text layer without OCR.