Convert a Scanned PDF to Excel
For PDFs that are photos or scans with no selectable text — each page is rendered to an image in your browser and read with an AI vision model (Fal.ai). Only the first 3 pages are processed, and every extracted table is editable before you download. This tool sends page images to a third-party AI provider; nothing is stored afterward. If your PDF already has selectable text, use PDF to Excel instead — it runs entirely in your browser and is faster.
Privacy & processing: Processed on our server via Fal.ai, held in memory for this request only, then discarded — never written to storage.
How to use this tool
- Upload a scanned PDF (no selectable text)
- Wait while each page (up to 3) is read
- Review and fix each page's table, then download the corrected tables as .xlsx
Common use cases
- Digitizing a scanned paper report
- Extracting tables from a faxed or photocopied document
- Converting a photographed multi-page form into a spreadsheet
Limitations
Limited to 3 pages per request, each up to 8 MB. Every page is processed independently via OCR, so a page too blurry to read returns no table detected rather than a guessed result.
FAQ
How is this different from PDF to Excel?
PDF to Excel reads a PDF's existing text layer directly; this tool is for scanned or photographed PDFs with no text layer, so it sends each page's image through OCR instead.
How many pages can I convert at once?
Up to 3 pages per request — split longer scans into multiple submissions.
What if a page can't be read?
That page is reported as no table detected rather than guessed — check page quality and try re-scanning at a higher resolution if needed.
Will the table's column structure be preserved, or does OCR scramble it?
Each detected table keeps its row/column layout as read by OCR, but scans can still cause a column to merge or split incorrectly — that's why every cell is editable before download. Review the structure rather than assuming it's perfect.