Convert PDF to Excel

Statements, invoices, price lists and exported reports often arrive as PDFs when the numbers are needed in a spreadsheet. This converter reads where every word sits on each page, splits each line into cells where there is a clear gap, lines the cells up into columns across the page, and writes a genuine Excel workbook (.xlsx), not a CSV renamed.

The workbook is ready to use: amounts such as 1,250.50, (20.00) or 12.5% are stored as numbers with a matching number format, so SUM and sorting work straight away; the first row that looks like column titles is set in bold and frozen; each column is sized to its longest value. You can put each PDF page on its own sheet or stack all pages on one sheet with a bold "Page N" row between them. Pages that are mostly Arabic get a right-to-left sheet.

Values that only look like numbers are kept as text on purpose: account numbers with leading zeros, IDs longer than 15 digits (Excel would round them), phone numbers and dates. A date like 03/04/2025 means different days in different countries, so it is not guessed; convert it in Excel with Data > Text to Columns if you need real dates.

Be realistic about what a PDF holds. It stores positioned words, not tables, so merged cells, cells that wrap onto two lines and tables drawn as pictures need a quick check. Scanned statements are images: run OCR PDF first, then convert the searchable copy. If you only need plain rows for another program, PDF to CSV writes the same columns as a .csv file.