What you should know
PDF to Excel recovers the tables of a PDF so you can work on them in a spreadsheet: a bank statement, a detailed invoice, a financial report, a price list.
On FileXvert's server, each page becomes a sheet: detected tables are taken cell by cell, and numbers become real numbers, usable in formulas. The file is sent to our server over an encrypted connection, after a notice shown before upload, converted in an isolated service with no Internet access, then deleted as soon as the result is returned.
Strengths
- One sheet per page, in document order
- Bordered tables taken cell by cell
- Numbers converted to numbers, ready for calculations
- Without a detected table, text is split into columns rather than lost
Limitations to know
- Tables without borders are harder to detect and may be split incorrectly
- Merged cells and formatting are not carried over
- A scanned PDF contains no text to extract (no OCR)
- The file leaves your device for the duration of the conversion
When to use it
Convert to Excel when you need to recalculate, sort or filter figures received as a PDF. If the sender offers a CSV or Excel export, use it instead: it will be exact.
Quality, size and compatibility
Tables drawn with borders, like those from invoicing software or banks, are usually taken faithfully. Layouts without visible lines need checking: a column may be merged or shifted. Always check the totals after conversion.
Frequently asked questions
- Why are some columns split incorrectly?
- Because a PDF contains no table, only text placed on the page. Without visible borders, columns are inferred from spacing, which can fail.
- Can the amounts be used in formulas?
- Yes when they clearly look like numbers, for example 1234.56 or 1 234,56: they are converted to numbers. Ambiguous values such as 1,234, and amounts with a currency symbol, stay as text so they are never misread.