Scanned PDF to Excel, with every column where it belongs
Upload a scanned PDF, a photo or a PDF report with a table. The AI reads rows and columns the way a person would, and codes stay exactly as printed.
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What a scanned table looks like in your spreadsheet
Real output for our sample: a slightly crooked scan of a chemical inventory. CAS numbers and lot codes such as 75-01-4 or 12-2 come out as text, the way they are printed, instead of being turned into dates.
| Substance | CAS number | Container | Shelf | Lot |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyl chloride | 75-01-4 | 1 kg | A-02 | 12-2 |
| Water | 7732-18-5 | 1 kg | A-02 | 2-27 |
| Ethanol | 64-17-5 | 1 kg | A-02 | 7-28 |
| Acetone | 67-64-1 | 1 kg | C-03 | 7-26 |
| Toluene | 108-88-3 | 25 kg | C-03 | 8-2 |
| Benzene | 71-43-2 | 25 kg | B-11 | 3-2 |
Real output extracted from the sample document (scanned-table-sample.jpg). Open the sample document
What it converts
Any printed table, scanned or digital:
- Reports, price lists, inventories, rotas and schedules
- Scanned PDFs and phone photos, slightly crooked included
- Tables that continue over two pages, as one table
- Codes, references and IDs kept as text, leading zeros included
- Numbers as numbers, ready to add up
- Cells split over two lines, joined back
Why Excel turns your codes into dates, and how to avoid it
When you paste a PDF table or open a CSV, Excel guesses the type of every cell: 7-9 becomes 7 September, 75-01-4 becomes a date in 2004, and 0003.000101 loses its zeros. The data is changed silently and you only notice later.
The Excel file you download here is a real .xlsx where each cell already has its type: codes and references are text, amounts are numbers. Nothing is reinterpreted when you open it.
Who converts scanned tables to Excel
- Labs and warehouses with printed inventories and stock counts
- Buyers comparing supplier price lists sent as PDF
- Office staff with monthly reports that only arrive as PDF
- Managers digitising printed rotas and schedules
- Anyone whose PDF-to-Excel converter mixes up the columns
Frequently asked questions
Is it free?
Yes. Without an account you can convert 3 documents a day of up to 2 pages each and see the result. To download it as Excel, create a free account: 20 pages a month, no card.
Does it work with scanned PDFs and photos?
Yes. Scans and photos go through OCR and then the AI rebuilds the table. Text PDFs are read directly. In our tests with 5 different tables (a sales report, a scanned inventory, a two-page price list, a stock count photographed from a printout and a shift rota) 99.3% of cells came out right.
Will Excel turn my codes into dates?
Not with the file you download here: it is a real .xlsx and every cell already has its type, so 75-01-4, 12-2 or 0003.000101 stay exactly as printed.
Can it read a table that runs over two pages?
Yes. Rows from both pages come out as one table, in order, with the header only once.
Does it work with handwritten tables?
It is built for printed tables. Clear handwriting may be read, but we don't guarantee it, so check the result.
What happens to my file?
The file is deleted as soon as the conversion finishes, and the extracted data is deleted automatically after 30 days.
Converting PDF tables every week?
Create a free account with 20 pages a month and no card, and download every table as a real Excel file.
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