Use free online PDF to Excel converters such as Smallpdf, iLovePDF, PDF24, or Adobe Acrobat online
Upload the PDF file to the converter
Select the option to convert PDF to Excel or XLSX
Start the conversion process
Download the converted Excel file
Use Microsoft Excel’s built-in import feature if the PDF contains tables
Open Excel and go to Data
Choose Get Data or From PDF
Select the PDF file
Load the table data into a worksheet
Use Google Drive and Google Sheets for simple table extraction
Upload the PDF to Google Drive
Open it with Google Docs or convert it through Sheets if available
Copy the extracted table into Excel
Use free desktop tools like LibreOffice Draw for basic PDF editing and data copying
Open the PDF in LibreOffice Draw
Copy table data and paste it into Excel
Check the converted file for formatting errors
Clean up merged cells, missing values, and column alignment in Excel
Save the final file as .xlsx
Use OCR tools if the PDF is scanned and not selectable
Convert the scanned PDF to editable text first
Then export or copy the data into Excel