Convert PDF to Excel and Extract Tables
ReadyConvert PDF tables into an Excel XLSX file. Select pages and use OCR for scans, then compare columns, numbers and totals with the source document.
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How to use PDF to Excel
Upload a PDF and optionally select pages such as 1,3-5. A conversion accepts up to 30 pages. Keep “Preserve document layout” to retain the report together. In separate tables mode, you can choose automatic, ruled, borderless or stream detection. Choose the document language for scans; OCR is limited to 10 pages. Compare headings, first and last records and totals with the PDF.
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Extract PDF tables into Excel without losing track of columns
The default document layout places PDF pages in order on one worksheet. Headings, employee blocks and ruled tables are mapped to editable cells. Choose separate worksheets when you want to analyze detected tables independently; that mode also includes Report and source-text tabs.
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This document was created for demonstration and contains no customer or employee data. Download the input and actual tool output to compare them.
Example checked on:
The sample preserved code 00123 and total 65.00. Number format was set to text; formulas were not recovered. Spreadsheet cells do not reproduce the PDF’s pixel layout.
Settings used in this run
- Excel layout
- Document layout
- Table detection
- Automatic
- OCR
- Off
- Number format
- Text
- Language
- English
Checks on this example
- Worksheets
- 1
- Checked code
- 00123
- Checked total
- 65.00
- Formula cells
- 0
- Rendered pages
- 1
Only the example below was verified. Other files may produce different layouts or results; keep the original.
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