PDF to Excel Converter
Excel is where financial PDFs go to become useful. This converter analyses the page, rebuilds each table into a real worksheet with headers in row 1, numeric columns typed as numbers, and date columns typed as dates. Multi-page tables end up in a single sheet with the header row repeated once, and each distinct table lands on its own tab.
How to convert PDF to Excel
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Upload the PDF
Drop a text-based PDF with tables - invoices, statements, reports.
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Choose sheet strategy
One sheet per table, or one sheet per page. Pick what matches your workflow.
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Verify column types
Amount columns auto-detect as currency, dates are parsed to ISO, text stays text.
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Download the XLSX
Open in Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets or LibreOffice. Formulas can be added on top.
Type detection cheat sheet
We try to give you real types rather than one giant column of strings:
| Pattern | Detected type | Example source |
|---|---|---|
-?[0-9]{1,3}(,[0-9]{3})*(\.[0-9]+)? |
Number | 1,234.56 |
\$-?[0-9,]+\.[0-9]{2} |
Currency (USD) | $1,234.56 |
[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2} |
ISO date | 2025-03-14 |
[0-9]{1,2}/[0-9]{1,2}/[0-9]{2,4} |
US/EU date | 03/14/2025 |
| Otherwise | Text | Invoice-A122 |
Before you open it in Excel
- Locale matters. If you are in an
es-ESorde-DEExcel, change the file open option to “Use system separators” or numbers like1,234.56will read as text. - Trailing spaces inside cells are stripped automatically. If you need them, disable the “normalize cell whitespace” option.
- Merged cells from the PDF are split: the top-left cell gets the value, the rest become blank.
What does not convert cleanly
Tables with rotated text, stacked column headers across 3+ rows, and fillable form PDFs need manual cleanup afterwards. For those, it is often faster to use the PDF to Text tool, then paste and split into Excel by hand.
Frequently Asked Questions
Usually locale mismatch. A 1,234.56 written by a US PDF will read as text in a de-DE Excel. Use Data > Text to Columns, or re-save the XLSX in your locale.
Scanned PDFs go through OCR first. Accuracy on 300 DPI scans is high for printed receipts; handwritten or faxed receipts are less reliable.
Yes. In the conversion options, switch “sheet per table” to “sheet per page”. You will get one tab per PDF page regardless of how many tables are on it.
Yes. The PDF and the produced XLSX exist only on the temporary worker and are erased as soon as your download finishes.
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