PDF to Excel Converter

Converting PDF files to Excel using FormX only takes three steps.

• Step 1. Upload your PDF files
• Step 2. Wait for FormX to convert your PDF files into Excel.
• Step 3. Download the Excel outputs.

Portable Document File (PDF) is often used to store and transfer information between or within organizations since it can preserve the original formatting and is universally accessible. However, PDF isn't an structured document format, making it very difficult to extract specific data for further processing or automation.

An Excel file, on the other hand, stores the data in a tabular format. Each line of the file is a data record using a spreadsheet. This allows most spreadsheet or accounting programs to perform various tasks on the extracted data.

Converting PDF to Excel then allows businesses to extract valuable data from PDF files and transform it into a format that is more much manageable and compatible with different software applications for further processing or analysis.

Rest assured that all your the extracted data will not be used or stored in any permanent storage by FormX in any way. We understand that many of the processed PDF files may contain personal or confidential data. Read our data privacy policy for more.

Yes, this PDF to Excel converter is free to use.
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Aside from the free tool, FormX also offers a more advanced solution with pre-built extraction models, or extractor, including receipt, bank statement, invoice, and more. You can also build your own custom extractor with as little as one sample as FormX is powered by machine learning and large language model like GPT-4.
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Adobe Acrobat copies the PDF layout to Excel as a visual representation — data often needs manual cleanup. FormX understands document content, handles scanned PDFs via OCR, and returns clean structured data that can be fed directly into Excel, Google Sheets, QuickBooks, or Xero without reformatting.

PDFs with tabular data work best: bank statements, invoices, financial reports, inventory lists, price lists, and tax forms. FormX identifies table structures automatically across any layout — including scanned documents — without column mapping or template setup.