How do I get a PDF table into Excel without retyping it?

Upload the PDF and convert. Detected tables are written to .xlsx with one PDF row per spreadsheet row and numbers stored as numeric values.

Does it work on scanned PDF tables?

Yes — scanned pages are processed with OCR before extraction, though very low-resolution scans may need a manual check of decimal places.

Extract PDF tables into a working Excel spreadsheet

Pull financial tables out of a PDF and into .xlsx with numbers as numbers, columns aligned and totals ready to check — no retyping, no copy-paste column drift.

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How table extraction works

DocumePro detects table boundaries, header rows and merged cells, then writes them into a spreadsheet with numeric cells typed correctly so SUM and pivot tables work immediately. Scanned tables are OCR'd first.

Best for finance and audit work

Trial balances, aged debtor reports, invoice line items and management accounts that arrive as PDF but need to be reconciled in Excel. For bank statements specifically, use the dedicated bank statement converters, which handle each UK bank's layout quirks.

Why teams use PDF to Excel

Convert PDF to Excel online and turn locked tables — invoices, statements, reports, price lists — back into sortable, formula-ready XLSX spreadsheets in seconds.

The reason 'PDF to Excel' is one of the most-searched document queries is that almost every business-critical number arrives as a PDF and almost every business-critical decision needs a spreadsheet. DocumePro detects tables inside your PDF, separates them from surrounding prose and headers, and rebuilds each one as a real Excel worksheet with typed cells — numbers as numbers, dates as dates, currency formats preserved. Multi-page tables that continue across pages are stitched into a single sheet so totals and pivots work immediately.

Both native and scanned PDFs are supported. For PDFs exported from accounting software, ERPs, or banking portals, extraction is near-perfect. For scanned documents, the converter runs OCR optimised for tabular data, recognising column boundaries even when there are no visible gridlines. You can choose to merge all detected tables into one sheet or keep each table as its own tab — the second option is usually best when source PDFs mix transaction tables with summary tables on the same page.

Typical uses include importing supplier invoices into Xero or QuickBooks, extracting financial statements for analysis, converting price lists from suppliers into purchasing spreadsheets, and pulling government statistical tables into a working model. Files are processed over TLS, deleted within 60 minutes, and never used to train AI models or shared with any third party.

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Upload a PDF above to extract its tables into Excel — the first file is free, output is a clean .xlsx you can pivot, sort, and sum immediately.

Frequently asked questions

How do I get a PDF table into Excel without retyping it?: Upload the PDF and convert. Detected tables are written to .xlsx with one PDF row per spreadsheet row and numbers stored as numeric values.
Does it work on scanned PDF tables?: Yes — scanned pages are processed with OCR before extraction, though very low-resolution scans may need a manual check of decimal places.

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