PDF to Excel
Heuristic table detection from positioned text. Works best on real tables.
Runs in this tab. The file stays here.
About PDF to Excel
Heuristic rows and columns from positioned PDF text into an .xlsx — best on real tables, offline.
Bank statements and tariff sheets look like tables; novels do not. This tool clusters PDF.js positioned text by Y and X tolerances into rows and columns, then writes .xlsx.
On genuine grid-like pages you get something you can sort. On free-form prose you get nonsense rows — that is expected, not a silent failure. Scanned tables without a text layer need OCR first.
Excel to PDF is the simpler opposite direction for sheets you already own.
How to use PDF to Excel
- 1Drop a PDF that looks like a table and has a text layer.
- 2Download the .xlsx.
- 3Open it and fix merged headers or mis-aligned columns by hand.
What it won't do
- Heuristic — not a trained table recognizer.
- Needs positioned text; scans need OCR first.
Common questions
Why are my columns wrong?
Heuristics guess columns from x-positions. Multi-line cells, rotated headers, and sparse grids confuse that. Treat the sheet as a start, not gospel.
Does it use AI to detect tables?
No. Geometry on the text layer only. No cloud vision model.
Is the PDF uploaded?
No.
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Why this one doesn't upload your file
There is no server to upload to. This page is a static file, and the work happens in your browser using the same graphics and WebAssembly code that renders every other site you visit. Your file is read from disk into memory, processed, and handed back as a download. Once the page has loaded you can disconnect from the network entirely and it keeps working. The longer explanation