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Extract tables from PDF to Excel or CSV

Find the tables for PDF and export dem as Excel workbook or CSV file, ready to sort, filter and analyse.

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How e dey work

  1. Add your PDF

    Click Choose file or drag PDF put for the page.

  2. Choose Excel or CSV

    Excel (.xlsx) dey keep each table for im own sheet. CSV na plain text wey almost any program fit import.

  3. Extract and download

    Press Extract. E go find tables for every page and save dem for the format wey you choose.

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About how to extract tables

To copy table comot from PDF dey usually turn am to text wey scatter. This tool dey look for tables with the ruling lines and how the text line up, then e go write each table wey e find row by row and column by column. Choose Excel to get one sheet for each table, wey be the easiest format to work with. Choose CSV when you need load the data into accounting software, database or script. E dey work for PDFs wey get real text, like reports and statements wey dem export from software. Scanned pages no get text to read, so for those ones use Scan to Word or Excel, wey dey run OCR first. Tables wey get clear lines and one header row dey extract well pass; merged cells, tables wey split across pages and figures inside cells fit need small cleaning after. Numbers dey come out as dem be, including currency symbols and thousands separators, so you fit need format the columns before you calculate.

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Extract tables: questions wey people dey ask

I suppose choose Excel or CSV?

Excel if you go work for spreadsheet, CSV if you dey import am into another software. Excel dey keep tables for separate sheets.

Why e no find any table?

Maybe the PDF na scan wey no get text layer, or the data no get table structure. Try Scan to Word or Excel for scans.

This one dey use Office conversion?

No. Extract tables no dey count for your Office conversions, e no be like PDF to Excel.

I fit extract tables from bank statements?

Yes, if you download dem as PDFs from online banking. Check the totals against the original.

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