How to convert PDF to Excel with Docs.Zone

Bank statements, price lists, invoices and reports often arrive as PDF. Copying their numbers into a spreadsheet by hand is slow and error-prone; converting the PDF puts the tables into an Excel workbook you can sort, filter and calculate.

Converting a PDF to Excel

1. Open PDF to Excel and press Select files..., or drop your PDF files onto the converter.
2. Choose what to convert: the entire document, or only its tables.
3. Choose the layout: the whole document on one worksheet, or each page on a worksheet of its own.
4. Press Start!, then Download next to the workbook (XLS) in your Inbox. It opens in Microsoft Excel, LibreOffice Calc and Google Sheets and stays in the Inbox for 6 hours.

Which PDFs convert well

PDFs created by a program, such as statements, price lists and reports exported to PDF, contain real text and convert well. A scanned PDF is a picture of the page and has no text for the converter to read: use OCR to turn it into an editable Word document instead.

If you only need the numbers, choose Convert only the tables: the text around the tables stays out of the workbook.

Free version and Premium

No account is needed to try it: the free version converts up to 2 files at a time, and each workbook has the first 2 pages plus a trial page. Premium converts complete documents.

What happens to your files

Files travel over an encrypted HTTPS connection and are stored for up to 6 hours, then deleted automatically. Delete in the Inbox removes a file immediately. Details are in our Terms & Privacy Policy.