PDF to Excel

About PDF to Excel

Convert a PDF to a spreadsheet by detecting the tables on the page and writing their rows and columns out as CSV, which Excel, Google Sheets and Numbers all open directly. Detection is a heuristic, so merged cells need a pass of manual cleanup; the sweet spot is the regular tables — invoices, statements and reports with aligned columns.

Turning a statement or invoice PDF into rows you can total and pivot.

How to use PDF to Excel in 3 steps

1. 1Drag a PDF that contains tables onto the drop area.
2. 2Run the extraction; rows and columns are detected from the page's text positions.
3. 3Download the CSV and open it in your spreadsheet app.

What you get with PDF to Excel

• Output is CSV, which every spreadsheet opens without a plugin
• Numbers stay numbers, so totals and formulas work straight away
• Runs on the file in your tab — an invoice full of account numbers is never uploaded
• Free to use, with no signup and no account
• No watermark or logo added to your output
• Works on desktop and mobile, no install

PDF to Excel: questions

Why is the output CSV rather than .xlsx?

A native XLSX writer needs server-side tooling, so the delivered file is CSV. Nothing is lost that matters for tabular data: open the CSV and save it as .xlsx if you need formatting or several sheets.

What happens with merged cells or a complex table?

Table detection is heuristic. Regular grids come through cleanly; merged headers and indented subtotals usually need a minute of manual cleanup.

What can't PDF to Excel do?

Delivered as CSV: table detection is heuristic — column splitting works on regular tables, complex merged cells need manual cleanup. A native XLSX writer requires server-side tooling. That limit is stated on the page and in the alert above the tool, not buried in a footnote.

Can I extract a table from a scanned invoice?

Not until the page has a text layer. Run OCR PDF first, then extract the table from the result.