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PDF to Excel — Extract Tables to Spreadsheets

Pull bank statements and GST tables into Excel. Lattice detection vs scanned PDF limitations.

Published June 1, 2025 · 1 min read

Written by Ethan Brooks · Editor-in-Chief & Product Lead

Reviewed by James Cole

Last reviewed January 15, 2026 · Editorial policy

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Tables, not a single column of text

Pasting from PDF into Excel often destroys cell boundaries. RatPDF detects lattice and stream tables, rebuilds borders where possible, and structures output for spreadsheets.

Works best with

Bank and card statements exported as PDF
GST / VAT summaries on invoices
Price lists inside report PDFs
Survey tables in appendix pages

If the PDF is scanned

Flattened scans may need PDF to Word with OCR first, then copy tables. Always start from the original digital export when available.

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Sources & references

Primary references used when researching and fact-checking this guide. See our editorial methodology.

Adobe PDF Reference — encryption — Adobe
PDF password protection and encryption standards (ISO 32000).
Ghostscript documentation — PDF settings — Artifex Software
Compression level behavior and PDF output settings.