PDF to Excel Converter
Extract tables from PDF and convert to Excel (.xlsx), CSV, HTML, or JSON in your browser. Detects tables by clustering text on a y/x grid, handles multiple tables per page, detects headers, infers cell types (number/date/text/currency), and builds a minimal valid .xlsx (OOXML ZIP) entirely client-side. Includes history, shareable URL, summary stats, and table quality scoring. 100% private — no uploads.
About PDF to Excel Converter
Extract tables from PDF and convert to Excel (.xlsx), CSV, HTML, or JSON in your browser. Detects tables by clustering text on a y/x grid, handles multiple tables per page, detects headers, infers cell types (number/date/text/currency), and builds a minimal valid .xlsx (OOXML ZIP) entirely client-side. Includes history, shareable URL, summary stats, and table quality scoring. 100% private — no uploads. Everything runs locally in your browser — your data never leaves your device.
How to use
- Enter your input in the tool above.
- Adjust any options to your preference.
- Use the Copy or Download buttons to save the result.
- Everything happens locally — your data never leaves your browser.
FAQ
How does the PDF to Excel converter work?
It parses each PDF page's content stream, extracts text fragments along with their x/y positions, clusters them into rows by y-coordinate, then into columns by x-coordinate gaps. The resulting grid is rendered as CSV, HTML, JSON, or packaged as a minimal valid .xlsx (a ZIP of OOXML XML files). All in your browser — no server-side processing.
Is the generated .xlsx a real Excel file?
Yes — it's a minimal OOXML package containing [Content_Types].xml, _rels/.rels, xl/workbook.xml, xl/worksheets/sheet1.xml, and xl/sharedStrings.xml, packaged as a ZIP with proper CRC-32 checksums. Excel, LibreOffice, Numbers, and Google Sheets can all open it. Because no external xlsx library is used, advanced features (formulas, charts, styling beyond headers/bold) are limited — focus is on clean tabular data.
What extra features does this tool have compared to others?
(1) Page-range parser. (2) Three table-detection methods (auto-detect, by-position, by-text-grid). (3) Table detector that clusters text by y-coordinate for rows and x-coordinate for columns. (4) Row/column builder. (5) Header detector (first row / bold / repeated pattern). (6) Four output formats (XLSX, CSV, HTML, JSON). (7) Minimal XLSX XML generator (valid OOXML with shared strings). (8) Pure-JS ZIP file builder (CRC-32 + store mode). (9) CSV/HTML/JSON generators. (10) Copy + download (multi-format). (11) History (localStorage, last 20). (12) Shareable URL. (13) Summary stats (tables/cells/rows/columns). (14) Table quality scorer (0-100 based on grid alignment). (15) Multi-table extractor (multiple tables per page). (16) Cell type detector (number/date/text/currency). (17) Column-width auto-fit calculator. (18) Empty-cell handler.
Why might the converted table look imperfect?
PDFs don't store table structure — text is just positioned glyphs. This tool infers rows and columns from x/y coordinates, so borders, merged cells, multi-line cell text, and rotated headers can confuse detection. For best results: use PDFs with clear column gaps, single-line cells, and consistent row spacing. Scanned PDFs (images) won't work because they have no text layer — OCR them first.
Is my data sent anywhere?
No. All parsing, table detection, XLSX/CSV/HTML/JSON generation, and ZIP packaging happen locally in your browser. No file is ever uploaded. History is stored in your own localStorage.
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