Learn how to convert a PDF document into an Excel spreadsheet with PDF Suite.
- Open the Convert tab.
- Click on the PDF to Excel option.
- Decide which pages should be converted.
- Click the folder icon to change where PDF Suite will save your file.
- Click on the three dots in the corner to open more settings.
You can choose to convert each page of your PDF onto a single Excel sheet or you can convert each page into its own separate sheet.
- Toggle this switch to decide which option you want to use.
- Choose Tables Only to convert to Excel without any text.
- Choose Text and Tables to transfer both text and tables.
- You can choose to apply the OCR engine when converting. If your original .pdf document has some images that contain text, PDF Suite will extract this text while converting to the .xlsx file format. In addition, the initial image will be preserved, and the text contained in this image will become editable. To do that, select the Use OCR check box.
- If you want to open the converted document after the conversion, check the box next to this option.
- Click the Make Default button to use the selected settings moving forward.
- When you are ready, click on Export to make your PDF an Excel file.
When your file is finished converting, you will see a notification.
We provide a quick shortcut for the conversion tool.
- Navigate to the part of your computer where the file is saved.
- Right-click on the file.
- Expand the PDF Suite 20 option and choose Convert to MS Excel.