In developmentThis tool is still in development. It needs a server component that is not switched on yet, so it will not convert files in your browser right now. The 58 browser tools work fully today — this one is still in development.
Turn PDF tables into an editable Excel workbook. Table extraction runs on the optional AllDays server, which must be enabled to use this tool.
Requires server
This tool needs a server — and isn't switched on
Unlike the 58 browser tools here, this one genuinely can't run in your browser. Office-format conversion, PDF encryption, and deep image compression need software that only exists server-side.
Uploads to server
How it works
- Table extraction is genuinely hard: a PDF "table" is often just text positioned near some lines. The server uses heuristics to reconstruct rows and columns.
- Ruled tables with clear borders extract well. Borderless or merged-cell tables often don't. Always check the output against the original.
- This tool uploads your file to a server — unlike every browser-based tool here. This conversion requires server-side processing and is not currently available on AllDays.Tools. When it becomes available, this page will explain exactly how files are handled. But if that tradeoff matters to you, use the client-side tools instead, where the file provably never leaves your device.
The story behind it
Why tables are harder than they look
Humans recognize a table from alignment and visual grouping. A PDF may store text as positioned fragments rather than as true spreadsheet rows and columns, so recovering a table can require reconstructing structure.
A spreadsheet is data; a PDF is presentation
Excel cells have row/column semantics and formulas. PDF primarily describes how content appears on pages. Conversion therefore involves inference, not simply changing the extension.