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Recover tables from a PDF into a spreadsheet.

This reads tables from the text layer, using position. Every word in a PDF has x and y coordinates; rows are found by grouping words on the same baseline and columns by clustering their horizontal positions. That recovers ordinary ruled and aligned tables well. Merged cells, nested tables and cells spanning several lines are where it struggles — check the preview before you rely on it.

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Add a PDF with tables in it and DO101 will try to recover them as a spreadsheet.

Private by design. This tool runs entirely in your browser. Your file is processed on your own device and is not uploaded by DO101.

About the PDF to Excel

Finds tables by looking at where every word sits on the page — grouping words on the same baseline into rows, and clustering their horizontal positions into columns — then builds a real .xlsx workbook with one sheet per page. A confidence score tells you how much to trust each result.

How to use it

  1. 1Add a PDF that contains tables.
  2. 2Press find tables and check the preview.
  3. 3Download the .xlsx, one sheet per page.

What you get

  • Position-based row and column detection
  • Confidence score per table
  • Preview before you download
  • One sheet per page in a real .xlsx
  • Runs on your device

Frequently asked questions

How accurate is it?

Good on ordinary ruled or whitespace-aligned tables. Merged cells, nested tables and cells that wrap across several lines are where position-based detection struggles — which is why every table shows a confidence score and a preview.

It found no tables.

Either the PDF is a scan with no text layer (run PDF OCR first), or the data is not laid out in aligned columns. Position-based detection can only see what the text layer describes.

Why do other tools do this better?

Commercial converters run trained layout models on a server. DO101 does what can be done well in a browser, shows you the confidence, and lets you check before trusting it.

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