Extract Tables from PDF.

Opening a PDF does not scan it for tables. Choose This page or All pages and click Detect tables when ready. Automatic detection looks for ruled tables first and uses text alignment on pages where no ruled tables are found. Select a table to load its extracted cells below the PDF. Check or uncheck tables to control the export.

In Draw tables mode, drag around each table. You can move or resize an existing box, add areas on other pages, delete an area and undo changes. The library detects cells inside each rectangle; there is no fixed, equally spaced grid. For keyboard selection, focus the page area and press N to add a region, use arrows to move it, Shift and arrows to resize, or Delete to remove it.

Word creates editable tables and can put each table on a new page. Excel uses one worksheet per table. CSV, TXT, HTML, JSON and XML can combine selected tables or download separate files inside a ZIP. Copy table uses tab-separated cells for spreadsheets.

Table previews and exports use the same text extraction. Word preserves the original column widths, fonts and right-to-left layout where supported, rather than forcing equally sized columns. Missing font mappings, unusual reading order and complex or merged cells can still affect the result. Review the preview and exported values before using them.

Extraction uses an existing text layer and does not recognize letters in page images. If a page has no readable text, use PDF OCR separately. A blank page can also produce no text. For mixed PDFs, inspect empty or unreadable pages individually. OCR processes one selected page at a time.

The filename extension must match the actual file type. Renaming an unrelated file does not convert it. Keep any required resources available within the document, and use an unencrypted file you are authorized to process. Processing can fail on damaged, unsupported or unusually complex content even when its byte size is within the upload limit.