PDF to Excel: Get Tables Back Into Spreadsheets

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Use cases

Vendor sent pricing as PDF; you need sums and pivots in Excel.

What you can do

  • Extract tables to .xlsx
  • Reuse data for models and charts
  • Avoid manual retyping

How to use

  1. Upload to PDF to Excel.
  2. Download the spreadsheet and verify cell boundaries.
Example: Import a 3-column price list PDF into Excel to apply a bulk discount formula.
Pro tip: Clean scans with OCR first if the PDF is image-only.

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