PDF to CSV

Extract tables from a report PDF with selectable text into CSV files, one file per table, for import into other tools. Files stay in your browser.

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The CSV should contain four rows and three columns, with Item, Qty, Amount and the total 148.50. Multiple tables download as separate CSV files in a ZIP.

What to expect

For PDFs with embedded text and regular table rows. Scans need OCR first. Detection can miss tables or place text in the wrong cell; compare the downloaded file with your PDF. Merged cells and original formatting are not reconstructed.

Each table becomes its own CSV file or Excel sheet. Values remain text. CSV values that could be interpreted as formulas are prefixed with an apostrophe; Excel cells are explicitly stored as text. When importing CSV into a spreadsheet, choose text columns to preserve leading zeros and number formatting.

Up to 10 MiB input, 200 pages, 100 tables, 100,000 cells, 256 columns and 8 MiB output. Processing stops after 30 seconds. Irregular rows are rejected rather than silently shifted.

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A practical guide

Take the report's tables into CSV files.

Choose the report PDF that already has selectable text.
Run PDF to CSV to detect the tables.
Review each CSV's rows and columns against the original report.

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Extract a results table from a report PDF with four columns and ten rows; the CSV should reproduce all ten rows with matching column order.

Before you start: Scanned report pages need OCR before extraction, and dense or merged-cell layouts can be detected incorrectly or missed.