Convert pdf to excel online for editing. How to convert Excel document to PDF and vice versa - ways why you need it

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How to translate picture or PDF to Excel and Word online for free? The question is urgent and constantly arising from colleagues. I have, of course I have FineReader- a program for translating pictures and scans into text documents of any format. I have been using it since my student days, when theory from books had to be transferred to essays or a diploma without reprinting them. I remember it saved me a lot of time to learn Excel deeper and use it in my diploma! But the laptop is not always with me, so below I made a review of free online text recognition services (and no pirated downloads).

Often people ask me how to quickly replace FineReader, and even online and for free. I had to tackle this problem;) 5-7 years ago, web services in Russia seemed like some distant future, so every time I discover free cloud services for my usual offline programs. Therefore, I will give a small list of the most popular image converter programs - for this we will convert text on the background of an Excel spreadsheet in not the best quality (to check the quality of text recognition):

and a photo of the table in standard quality (to see how tables are recognized):

let's see what is presented on the Internet

1. ABBYY FineReader Online

finereaderonline.com

As it probably should be - in the first place "native" ABBYY FineReader. The service was launched in full in mid-2011, and has undergone positive changes over the years.

Registered. I uploaded a photo or PDF, chose the language, chose the format of the output document. Can be saved to Excel. Recognizes tables and outputs them to xlsx documents. Everything is great, everything works for 5+

Recognition (text) at 9.5 out of 10.

But it wouldn't be ABBYY if the service was completely free.

After registration you are given only 10 free pages, ideal for single use. But if you need to recognize every day or if you have 100 pages, the service is not suitable. We will look for an alternative.

2. FRee OCR, convertio.co and others

All fairly well-known recognition services. There are a lot of them on the Internet. Unfortunately for PDF, it only recognizes the first page in most cases, or it is claimed to recognize but not do so

Everything is simple here. In all converters, load the document from the computer, select the language (not everywhere), click Start. Recognized, download, save.

The quality of recognition is 7 out of 10.

Recognizes fairly tolerable plain text. Does not recognize tables (especially does not preserve their shape). You cannot save text in Excel - or any spreadsheet editor.

I reviewed 15 of such services as these, and at first I was saddened, tk. I think the service of PDF to Excel translation Online for free is very necessary.

But then, I found:

3.

There is still a great free service. Here you can select a language - which immediately increases the quality of text recognition. The resulting data can be saved in both Word and Excel. You can copy the result directly from the browser. By downloading the xlsx file, you will even preserve the structure of the table - trust me, this is a huge rarity for free services! It is possible to recognize a PDF or a picture, also without the apparent complications.

Works fast.

Recognition quality 7 out of 10 (when viewed in PNG or JPEG).

Clarification: It recognizes a table in PDF quite well, but I recommend converting the scanned table to jpeg before starting work and then recognizing it as a picture. This will make the quality of the recognized text even better!

A good service for recognizing PDF to Excel Online, as well as recognizing pictures to text.

What is the result

You can't keep water in a sieve, as they say, and for a good paid product there will always be a free analogue of comparable quality - be it Excel or FineReader.

I am sure that the service of online recognition of images and protected texts will be useful to you for free. PDF to Excel and Word online for free can help for a diploma or laboratory students, and maybe company employees who need to use a document that has been preserved only on paper.

Conversion is easiest to do in modern "Adobe Acrobat Pro DC".

1. Open the file you want. Click on the "Tools" tab.

1. In the menu that opens, click on the "Export PDF" button.

1. Then select "Spreadsheet".

1. Before converting, it is advisable to click on the "Settings" icon (looks like a gear).

1. Here you can specify where exactly to post information:
   • create one sheet for the entire document;
   • create a sheet for each table;
   • create a sheet for each page.
2. After you select the desired item, you will need to click on the "OK" button.

1. To start conversion, click on the "Export" button.

1. After that, you will be asked to indicate the location where you want to save the future file. You can choose something from the latest catalogs or click on the "Choose another folder" button.

1. Wherever you click, the explorer will open anyway. After you decide, you need to specify the file name. Then click on "Save".

1. After that, the initialization of the export mechanism will start. You must wait until all operations are completed.

The conversion result is pretty good, which is to be expected. This is Adobe.

The only drawback is that after merging, the header occupies one cell, and not all four. But this is not critical.

Online services

On the Internet, you can use the services of online converters. It is enough to look into any search engine. Almost all of them are free. Moreover, they are very easy to use. You don't need any tutorial for this. Any "teapot" can handle this task.

Let's consider some of them. For example, this one or this one.

Please note that all sites have their own capabilities. In addition, the result of the output file can be very different.

pdf.io

The home page looks simple. But in order to translate the table into the desired format, this is quite enough. To convert, you need to do the following:

1. First of all, we click on the "Select file" button.

1. In the window that appears, specify the required document and click on the "Open" button.

1. The download will start immediately after that - wait for it to finish. The waiting time depends on the file size and the speed of your internet connection.

1. As a result, you will see the message "Done". Click on the Download button.

1. You will be asked for a folder and a desired name. You can leave it as it is. After that, click on "Save".

1. Open the downloaded file. Note that the document uses the old table format.

1. The table looks quite acceptable. But due to the old format, near the title of the document, we see a message that the editor is working in compatibility mode. Moreover, “green triangle” icons appeared near the formulas, and this is the first signal of possible errors.

If desired, this file can be uploaded to Google Drive or Dropbox.

In addition, it is worth noting that there is an alternative option for adding a file (on almost all sites). To do this, click the left mouse button and, without releasing your finger, drag the file into the browser window.

The result will be exactly the same as with the Browse button.

smallpdf.com

This portal is more functional. We are offered to register to take advantage of additional options. Moreover, there is an opportunity to download a program for offline conversion.

In addition, we are being pushed to buy the pro version.

Of course, we are trying to demonstrate various functions that are not in the regular version.

We will not buy. You can redo the document for free using the site. The principle of operation is exactly the same here.

1. Click on the link "Select a file". Next, in the window that appears, specify the desired object and click on the "Open" button.

1. After that you will see a message that the document conversion has started. You have to wait.

1. After a short time, a link to download the result will appear. In addition, it is possible to upload a document to the "Cloud".

1. Click on the down arrow icon. Next, you will be asked for a path and name. Note that the new xlsx table format is used here. This was not possible on the previous site. After that click on "Save".

1. Launch the downloaded spreadsheet.

1. First of all, we see that only the title is indicated on the sheet. The fact is that two sheets were created during conversion. On the one hand, it is convenient when you have several tables. But when alone is a big minus.

1. Moving on to the second sheet, you will see the basic information. In this case, everything looks nice and without errors in the formulas.

Full editing capabilities are now available.

Third Party Applications

A large number of conversion programs can be found on the Internet. Let's consider some of them. Let's start with what we were offered on the above site.

Smallpdf

1. Click on the link to download this software.

1. The browser will automatically detect from which device you entered the site and will offer to download the corresponding version of the utility. Click on the Download for Windows button.

1. After that, a window will appear in which you need to specify the folder for downloading and the name of the future file. Click the "Save" button to continue.

1. Run the downloaded distribution kit.

1. Right after that, you will see the following.

1. After a short wait, a greeting will appear. To get started, you need to click on the "Start" button.

1. You will be asked to specify the file or drag it with the mouse to the workspace, which is highlighted with a dotted line.

Total PDF Converter - converts PDF to RTF, Doc, Excel, HTML, Text, CSV or images (TIFF, JPEG, BMP, GIF, WMF, EMF, PNG). The advantage of this utility is that Total PDF Converter converts both a single file and many PDF files at the same time. You no longer need expensive Adobe Acrobat, our converter will save you money. Registered users receive a command line for more efficient work with the utility. Total PDF Converter saves conversion settings. This saves you a lot of time if you frequently convert PDF files with the same parameters. The converter makes it possible to rename the target files starting from any number (for example, 6789, not just 1234).

System requirements:
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List of supported transformations:
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PDF is by far one of the most popular reading formats. But, it is not very convenient to work with data in this format. It is not so easy to translate it into more convenient formats for data editing. Often, when using various conversion tools, when converting from one format to another, information is lost, or it is displayed incorrectly in a new document. Let's see how you can convert PDF files to formats supported by Microsoft Excel.

It should be noted right away that Microsoft Excel does not have built-in tools with which it would be possible to convert PDFs to other formats. Moreover, this program will not even be able to open a PDF file.

Of the main ways in which PDF to Excel is converted, the following options should be highlighted:

• conversion using special conversion applications;
• conversion using PDF reader applications;
• use of online services.

We will talk about these options below.

Convert with PDF reader apps

One of the most popular PDF readers is the app. Using its tools, you can complete part of the procedure for translating PDF to Excel. The second half of this process will need to be performed in the Microsoft Excel program itself.

Open the PDF file in Acrobat Reader. If this program is installed by default for viewing PDF files, then this can be done by simply clicking on the file. If the program is not installed by default, then you can use the function in the Windows Explorer menu "Open with".

Also, you can launch the Acrobat Reader program, and in the menu of this application go to the "File" and "Open" items.

A window will open where you need to select the file you are going to open and click on the "Open" button.

After the document is open, again you need to click on the "File" button, but this time go to the menu items "Save as other" and "Text ...".

In the window that opens, select the directory where the file in txt format will be stored, and then click on the "Save" button.

At this point, Acrobat Reader can be closed. Next, open the saved document in any text editor, for example, in standard Windows Notepad. We copy all the text, or that part of the text that we want to paste into the Excel file.

After that, start the Microsoft Excel program. Right-click on the upper left cell of the sheet (A1), and in the menu that appears, select the "Insert ..." item.

Next, by clicking on the first column of the inserted text, go to the "Data" tab. There, in the group of tools "Working with data" click on the button "Text by columns". It should be noted that in this case, one of the columns containing the wrapped text must be selected.

Then, the Text Wizard window opens. In it, in the section titled "Source data format" you need to make sure that the switch is in the "delimited" position. If this is not the case, then you should rearrange it to the desired position. After that, click on the "Next" button.

In the list of separator characters, set a check mark opposite the "space" item, and uncheck all other items.

In the window that opens, in the "Column data format" parameter block, set the switch to the "Text" position. Opposite the inscription "Place in" we indicate any column of the sheet. If you do not know how to register its address, then just click on the button next to the data entry form.

In this case, the Text Wizard will collapse, and you will manually need to click on the column that you are going to specify. After that, his address will appear in the field. You just have to click on the button to the right of the field.

The Text Wizard opens again. In this window, all the settings are entered, so click on the "Finish" button.

A similar operation should be done with each column that was copied from the PDF document to the Excel sheet. After that, the data will be sorted. It remains only to save them in a standard way.

Conversion using third-party programs

Converting a PDF document to Excel using third-party applications is of course much easier. One of the most convenient programs for performing this procedure is Total PDF Converter.

To start the conversion process, launch the application. Then, on the left side of it, open the directory where our file is located. In the central part of the program window, select the desired document by checking the box next to it. On the toolbar, click on the "XLS" button.

A window opens in which you can change the output folder of the finished document (by default it is the same as the original one), as well as make some other settings. But, in most cases, the default settings are sufficient. Therefore, click on the "Start" button.

The conversion procedure starts.

Upon completion, a window opens with the appropriate message.

Most other PDF-to-Excel conversion applications work similarly.

Conversion via online services

There is no need to download any additional software at all to convert through online services. One of the most popular of these resources is Smallpdf. This service is designed to convert PDF files to various formats.

After you have gone to the section of the site where the conversion to Excel is performed, simply drag the required PDF file from Windows Explorer into the browser window.

You can also click on the inscription "Select file."

After that, a window will open in which you need to mark the required PDF file and click on the "Open" button.

Then, the online service converts the document, and in a new window offers to download the file in Excel format using standard browser tools.

After downloading, it will be available for processing in Microsoft Excel.

So, we covered three main ways to convert PDF files to Microsoft Excel document. It should be noted that none of the options described does not guarantee that the data will be fully correctly displayed. In most cases, you still have to edit a new file in Microsoft Excel, in order for the data to be displayed correctly and have a presentable look. However, it is still much easier than completely interrupting data from one document to another manually.