PDF to Excel

Extract the text of a PDF into a spreadsheet, one sheet per page.

PDF documents Heavy client-side (WASM) pdf.js text runs + column heuristics + OOXML

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How to use it

! Columns are inferred from tabs or runs of two or more spaces; a table separated by single spaces arrives as one column.
! Merged cells, cell borders and number formatting are not detected.
! Each page becomes its own sheet, which keeps unrelated pages apart.

When does the column detection work well?

When the PDF was generated from a spreadsheet or a report with aligned columns — those usually leave wide gaps between cells.

Why is everything in column A?

The page separated cells with single spaces. Paste the text through a text editor and replace separators with tabs, or use the CSV tab.

Is the PDF uploaded?

No.

Processing happens in your browser using the File API, WebAssembly and Web Workers. There is no upload endpoint.

Inspect a PDF author, producer, creation date and XMP data.

Delete the author, producer, timestamps and XMP from a PDF.

Permanently delete the text instead of covering it with a black box.