Pull the text and tables out of a PDF into editable spreadsheet rows, handy for turning a PDF-only report or bank statement back into data you can sort, filter, or run formulas on.
The tool scans each line of extracted text for gaps: wherever it finds several spaces or a tab, it treats that as a column break. That works well on cleanly formatted tables and simple invoices. Documents with irregular spacing or merged cells might need a bit of manual cleanup afterward.
Once the data lands in a spreadsheet, it's normal to run a few quick checks: totals matching the original document, dates parsing correctly, before building charts or formulas on top of it.
Simple, evenly-spaced tables convert best. Heavily merged cells or unusual layouts often need touching up afterward.
Only if there's already selectable text. Run OCR PDF first on a scan.
A standard .xlsx, openable in Excel, Google Sheets, or LibreOffice.
Glance at the first few rows to confirm columns lined up correctly before you build any formulas on top of the data.
It looks for gaps of two or more spaces between chunks of text on the same line, which is how most simple tables are formatted inside a PDF's text layer.
Only if it has a text layer already, or after you run it through OCR PDF first — a purely scanned image has no extractable text on its own.
Yes, every page's lines are processed and included in the spreadsheet output, continuing the same column-splitting logic across pages.