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Convert PDF to Excel (XLSX)

Extract tables from a PDF into an editable spreadsheet.

PDF to Excel uses LibreOffice's document engine to convert page content into an .xlsx spreadsheet. It's most useful when the source PDF was originally exported from a spreadsheet or contains clearly separated tabular data.

For freeform tables inside a report page, expect that column boundaries need manual adjustment after conversion — no automated PDF-to-Excel tool is perfect.

How to use it

  1. 1Upload the PDF.
  2. 2Press Convert. LibreOffice extracts the tabular content.
  3. 3Download the .xlsx and clean up columns if needed.

Real-world use cases

  • Turn a bank statement into a spreadsheet for expense analysis.
  • Extract a data table from a research paper for further calculations.
  • Convert a scanned invoice into a spreadsheet after running OCR first.

Supported formats & limits

Input: PDF (OCR-ed first for scanned tables). Output: .xlsx.

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Frequently asked questions

Will complex tables survive?▾

Simple tables with clear grid lines convert well. Merged cells, nested tables and multi-line cells often need cleanup.

Does it work on scanned PDFs?▾

Run OCR first — otherwise the text is just images.

Numbers came out as text — why?▾

OCR-ed numbers or numbers formatted with special separators may end up as text. Use Excel's 'convert to number' or Text-to-Columns feature.

Do the extracted tables keep their formulas?▾

No — PDF stores computed values only, not the original formulas. What you'll see in Excel are the numeric results as they appeared in the PDF. Re-enter formulas in Excel if you need live calculations.

What about multi-page tables that span many PDF pages?▾

The tool detects continuation and stitches them into a single Excel table, silently dropping repeated header rows. Manual review is still smart before using the data — long tables with mid-run layout changes may split into two sheets.

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