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PDF to Excel: tables from a PDF into a spreadsheet on your phone
iEdit turns a PDF's tables into an Excel workbook (XLSX) on your iPhone, iPad or Android phone, one sheet per page. Columns of text become spreadsheet columns, numbers are written as numbers, bold is kept, and the whole conversion runs on your device.
Overview
Choose a PDF and iEdit writes an Excel file with one sheet per page. Columns of text on the page become columns in the sheet, so a price list or a bank statement lands in cells you can sort and filter. Numbers are written as numbers rather than text: iEdit recognises decimal and thousands separators in either convention, so 12,50 and 1.250,75 add up correctly. Bold is kept.
The converter works best on PDFs that are mostly tables, with clear rows and columns. Long paragraphs of prose end up in cells too, which is rarely what you want, so pick PDF to Word for those. Pages with no text layer are read with on-device text recognition first, in nine scripts. The layout is approximate, so check column boundaries on dense tables, and handwritten figures are not read.
Typical jobs are a supplier's price list, a monthly bank statement to reconcile, a timetable, or a results table from a report that you want to chart or filter. The conversion runs on the device, so a statement never leaves your phone, and the XLSX saves to My files free of charge.
Why people use it
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Numbers stay numbers
Decimal and thousands separators are detected, so sums and sorts work without retyping.
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One sheet per page
Every PDF page becomes its own worksheet, with bold carried over.
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Scans welcome
Pages without a text layer are recognised on your device before the sheet is written.
How to use PDF to Excel in iEdit
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Open iEdit and tap PDF to Excel on the Scan tab.
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Pick the PDF that holds the table.
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Wait while iEdit reads each page into a sheet.
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Open the XLSX from My files, or share it to Excel with Premium.
Frequently asked questions
Does iEdit send my PDF to a server to convert it to Excel?
No. The spreadsheet is written on your device by iEdit's own converter, and scanned pages are recognised there too. Nothing is uploaded, no account is needed, and the tool works without an internet connection, so a bank statement can be converted anywhere.
Is PDF to Excel free, or do I need Premium?
Converting is free and the XLSX is saved to My files. Taking the file out of iEdit, by sharing it to Excel, Numbers or Sheets or saving it to Files, is part of iEdit Premium, an optional monthly subscription with a 3-day free trial.
Will my columns and numbers come out right?
Columns of text become spreadsheet columns and numbers are written as numbers, with 12,50 and 1.250,75 both understood. The layout is approximate, so dense or irregular tables may need a column checked. The tool is built for tables; prose-heavy PDFs do better in PDF to Word.
Try PDF to Excel in iEdit
Available for iPhone, iPad and Android.