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PDF to Excel Converter

This PDF to Excel converter pulls the tables out of a PDF, shows you a preview, and saves them as an .xlsx workbook or a CSV file. Amounts such as 1,500.00 become real numbers, so SUM and filters work straight away. Scanned PDFs are read with OCR in 26 languages, including Hindi, Gujarati, Tamil, French and German, and you can force OCR on or off. Choose one sheet per page, or put every page on one sheet with repeated table headers removed, which turns a multi-page bank statement into one list of transactions. Password-protected files open with their password, and a page range limits the work to the pages you need. Your PDF is processed in your browser and never uploaded.

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How to use

01

Upload the PDF and pick the options

Drop a text-based or scanned PDF of up to 100 MB. Leave Text recognition on Automatic, choose the OCR language if it is a scan, and type a page range if you only need some pages.

02

Click Analyze & preview

The tool extracts tables page by page and uses OCR where a page has no text layer. If the file is password-protected, type its password when asked and analyze again.

03

Arrange the sheets and download

Choose one sheet per page or all pages on one sheet, and whether to keep only table rows. The preview updates, then press Download Excel or Download CSV.

Why PDF to Excel Converter

Converting a bank statement PDF to Excel

Statements downloaded from net banking are usually text-based PDFs, so they convert without OCR and the numbers come through exactly. Many are password protected, and you can type the password here instead of unlocking the file first.

If you only have a printed statement, scan it at a good resolution and pick the language it is printed in. OCR can misread digits on faint or skewed scans, so compare the totals with the paper copy before you rely on the sheet.

  • Drop the statement here and click Analyze & preview. If a password box appears, type the statement password and analyze again.
  • Set Sheets to All pages on one sheet and Content to Table rows only, so the bank letterhead and page footers drop out.
  • Keep Remove repeated table headers ticked, so the column headings appear once at the top.
  • Check that the date, description, debit, credit and balance columns line up in the preview.
  • Download Excel, then check a few running balances against the PDF before you use the sheet for reconciliation.

Text PDFs vs scanned PDFs

A text PDF stores real characters, so the converter reads them exactly and quickly. A scanned PDF is a picture of a page, so the text has to be recognised with OCR, which is slower and can make mistakes. The tool decides for you on Automatic, but you can override it.

SettingWhat happensUse it when
AutomaticReads the text layer, and switches to OCR if there is noneMost files
Always use OCRSkips the text layer and reads every page with OCRThe text layer is garbled, for example old legacy fonts
No OCRReads the text layer only and never downloads OCR dataYou know the PDF is text-based and want the fastest run

Common questions

Does PDF to Excel work on scanned documents?
Yes. With Text recognition on Automatic the tool switches to OCR when a page has no real text layer, and tells you it did. Choose Always use OCR if a PDF has a broken text layer. The first OCR run downloads language data, so it takes longer, and you should check important values in the preview.
Can it convert a PDF table to Excel with the formatting intact?
The Excel export keeps bold text, centred letterheads, right-aligned amounts, column widths and the horizontal rules around headers and totals. The preview shows you the layout before you download. CSV keeps only the text of each cell.
How are amounts treated in the exported Excel workbook?
Values that look like money, such as 12,480.50, are written as real numbers with a matching display format instead of text. That means SUM and pivot tables work immediately, with no find and replace on commas.
Is a bank statement safe to run through this Excel converter?
The extraction, the OCR and the workbook generation all happen in your browser, and the PDF is never uploaded. The only downloads are the OCR language data and the spreadsheet engine script, which do not include your data.
Can I put every page of the PDF on one Excel sheet?
Yes. After the analysis, set Sheets to All pages on one sheet. With Remove repeated table headers ticked, the header row that repeats at the top of each page is kept only once, so a long statement becomes one continuous table.
When should I pick CSV instead of Excel for PDF tables?
Pick CSV when the data is going into another system, such as accounting software or a database import. CSV has no bold text, column widths or number formats, and it follows the same sheet and content choices as the preview. Pick Excel when you want the sheet to look like the PDF.
What should I do when a scanned table comes out wrong in Excel?
Re-run with the correct OCR language first, since reading Gujarati with the English model produces garbage. If the scan itself is blurry or skewed, OCR has little to work with, and a cleaner rescan helps more than any setting.
Can I convert a password-protected PDF to Excel?
Yes, if you know the password. When you analyze a locked file, a password box appears. Type the password and analyze again, and the file is decrypted in your browser before the tables are read. A forgotten password cannot be recovered here.
How do I convert only some pages of a PDF to Excel?
Type the pages in the Pages box before you analyze, for example 2-5 or 1, 3, 7-. Only those pages are read, which also makes OCR on long scans much faster. The sheet names keep the original page numbers.
Does the Excel export handle statements longer than a few pages?
Yes, within the 100 MB upload cap. Text-based statements process quickly, while OCR on long scans takes noticeably longer because every page is rendered and read. The progress bar tells you which stage you are in.

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