Extract tables from PDF files and convert to Excel spreadsheets free. Preserves rows, columns, and cell data accurately. No signup, no watermark.

Financial reports, invoices, data exports — tables locked inside PDFs need to come back out as editable spreadsheet data. Here's how to extract them. ## How to Convert PDF to Excel 1. Visit [pdfhub24.com/pdf-to-excel](/pdf-to-excel) 2. Upload your PDF 3. Wait for conversion 4. Download your .xlsx file 5. Open in Excel or Google Sheets ## What Determines Conversion Quality **Simple tables** with clear borders and consistent data types convert cleanly. You get exactly the rows and columns you see in the PDF. **Complex tables** with merged cells, nested tables, or irregularly sized columns require some manual cleanup after conversion. **Text PDFs** (created digitally) convert far better than **scanned PDFs** (photographs of pages). Scanned PDF tables require OCR first — the tool handles this automatically but accuracy depends on scan quality. ## Cleaning Up After Conversion Common issues to fix in Excel after converting: - Numbers stored as text (can't sum them): select the column, click the warning icon → Convert to Number - Extra rows from page headers that repeated on each page - Merged cells that split into individual cells during extraction - Date formats that Excel doesn't recognise automatically ## For Invoices and Financial Statements For invoice data extraction at volume, manual conversion is the right approach for accuracy. The tool works well for individual documents or small batches. For bulk invoice processing, look at the [Batch Compress](/batch-compress) tool for processing multiple files, or consider API integration if you're processing hundreds of documents regularly. ## When Tables Won't Extract Cleanly Some PDFs store tables as images rather than structured data. In these cases, the converter extracts the visual appearance but not the underlying structure. The result may need significant manual reconstruction in Excel. If a table was in a scanned document, run OCR first using [pdfhub24.com/ocr-pdf](/ocr-pdf) before attempting the Excel conversion.