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PDF to XLS Converter

Turn the text and tables in each PDF page into an Excel-compatible .xls worksheet.

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PDF with selectable text · output: .xls

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How It Works

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Features

  • Each PDF page becomes a worksheet
  • Table columns are detected from the page layout
  • Files never leave your browser

Frequently Asked Questions

Does it work with scanned PDFs?
Scanned image-only PDFs require OCR and are not supported yet. The PDF must contain selectable text.
Will complex tables look exactly the same?
Simple tables convert well, but merged cells and complex visual layouts may need adjustment in Excel.
Is the output really an Excel .xls file?
It's saved with an .xls extension but is internally an XML-based spreadsheet file (SpreadsheetML) — Excel, Google Sheets and LibreOffice Calc all open it without any issue.
How does it decide where one column ends and the next begins?
It measures the horizontal gap between pieces of text on the page — a gap wider than roughly 2.5 characters is treated as a column break, so tables with tight or uneven spacing may not split exactly as expected.
Can I convert just one page instead of the whole PDF?
No, every page is converted automatically and placed on its own worksheet named "Page 1", "Page 2" and so on — there's no option to select a page range.

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