Convert PDF to Excel

As we know, PDF is a versatile format for the document, but it isn't easy to edit the PDF. If you want to extract a table or edit the text in a row-column format, then it would be helpful for you to convert the PDF to editable Excel spreadsheets.

There are many PDF converter tools available to convert PDF to excel. Along with online conversion tools, you can also use MS Office or Adobe Acrobat.

Let's learn how to convert PDF file to Excel.

Convert PDF to MS Excel using Adobe Acrobat DC

  • Open your PDF file in Adobe Acrobat DC that you want to convert into Excel .

Note- Free version of Adobe Acrobat provides limited tools. To use this tool, you need to purchase Adobe Acrobat DC.

  • Now go to the Tools tab and go to Export PDF and click Open.
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  • The screen shows a few choices. Click on Spreadsheet -> Microsoft Excel Workbook and press the Export
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  • As soon as you click on Export, a new Save as dialog box will open on the screen>select the folder where you want to save your Excel sheet.
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  • Rename your file and click on the Save
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  • Your PDF file will be converted into an excel spreadsheet.

Convert PDF to MS Excel using Online Tools

  • Open your web browser and search for convert PDF to Excel
  • There are so many options available online such as smallpdf, pdf2go, PDFtoExcel, simplyPDF, PDFConverter, sodaPDF, etc.
  • Choose any of them, let's say you choose ilovepdf, open it.
  • Choose the option "Select PDF file" then pick the PDF file which you like to convert into Excel.
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  • Your selected PDF will be uploaded. Now click on Convert to Excel
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  • Your PDF will be converted into Excel. Finally, select Download EXCEL to download your converted Excel spreadsheet.
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  • Your Excel sheet will be downloaded in PDF format.

Convert PDF to Excel using MS Office

  • First, open your PDF file into the MS Word. To do that, select your PDF File, and right-click on that file, then choose Open With -> Word.
  • Now, go to file -> Save As and select Web Page from the Save as type drop-down list. Click the Save
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  • Open MS Excel. Go to Open -> Browse.
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  • From Open dialog box, choose your saved web page file and click on Open.
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  • Your PDF will be converted into Excel. Finally, you can edit the data and save it in excel.