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PDF to Excel Converter

Convert Portable Document Format files to Excel spreadsheet — free, private and right in your browser.

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    Password-protected PDF?Remove the password first.
    Scanned statement?Use Image to Excel with OCR instead.
    Numbers will not add up?Use Excel’s Convert to Number.

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    How to convert PDF to Excel

    1. Select your PDFs.Choose bank statements, price lists or reports saved as PDF.
    2. Click Convert to Excel.Every page becomes its own sheet; text lines become rows.
    3. Download your XLSX file.Save the .xlsx and open it in Excel or Google Sheets.
    4. Check the columns and numbers.Compare a few totals with the PDF before you rely on them.

    About PDF to Excel

    When is it useful? Use PDF to Excel when a bank statement, price list or report arrives as a PDF and you need the numbers in a spreadsheet to sort, filter or add them up.

    Good to know: every PDF page becomes its own sheet in the Excel (.xlsx) file, and each line of text becomes a row, split into columns where the PDF has clear gaps. Scanned PDFs contain no real text, so they come out empty — use Image to Excel with OCR for those. Check totals after converting.

    Tips for Better Results

    • Remove cover and note pages first so only table pages are converted.
    • Values are kept as text; use Excel's Convert to Number before adding them up.
    • For scanned statements, use Image to Excel with OCR instead.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    Why does Excel not add up my numbers?
    Values are kept as text so nothing is changed. Select the cells and use Convert to Number in Excel.
    Will each PDF page get its own sheet?
    Yes. Every page becomes a separate sheet, and each line of text becomes a row.
    My scanned statement came out empty — why?
    A scan is a picture with no real text. Use Image to Excel, which reads the text with OCR.
    How are the columns decided?
    Text separated by a clear gap on the PDF page goes into separate columns.
    Works with: Microsoft Excel · Google Sheets · WPS Spreadsheets · LibreOffice Calc

    What converts well, and what doesn't

    Your PDFResult in Excel
    Each PDF pageBecomes its own sheet
    Each line of textBecomes a row
    Text with clear gapsSplit into columns
    NumbersKept as text — use Convert to Number
    Scanned PDFComes out empty — use Image to Excel
    💡 Tip: Remove cover and note pages first so only table pages are converted.

    Common uses

    Bank statementsSort and add up transactions.
    Price listsFilter and update prices.
    ReportsReuse the figures.
    Mark sheetsCalculate totals and averages.
    InvoicesCollect amounts in one sheet.
    Stock listsCount and check items.

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    Guide

    PDF to Excel: a complete guide

    Why get PDF tables into Excel

    Bank statements, price lists, mark sheets, stock reports and GST summaries often arrive as PDF. You can read them, but you cannot sort, filter or total the numbers. Moving the data into Excel saves hours of retyping and avoids typing mistakes.

    What happens when you convert

    The converter reads every text line on each page, along with where each piece of text sits. Each line becomes a row, and text separated by clear gaps goes into separate columns. Every PDF page gets its own sheet in the .xlsx file. Values are stored exactly as written, as text, so account numbers, IDs and leading zeros are never changed or rounded.

    Which PDFs convert best

    Digital PDFs with real text — created by banks, billing software or Excel itself — give the best results, especially when tables have clear spacing between columns. Scanned PDFs are pictures and contain no text at all; for those use Image to Excel, which reads the text with OCR.

    Common problems and how to fix them

    Numbers will not add up: Excel sees them as text — select the column and use the warning icon → Convert to Number. Two columns are joined: the PDF had very little space between them; split them with Excel's Text to Columns. A table spans several pages: copy the rows from each sheet into one. Extra header and footer lines: delete those rows after converting.

    Good habits

    Check totals against the PDF, keep the original statement for your records, and save the cleaned workbook under a new name.

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