How to use PDF to Text — Extract Text from a PDF Online Free
- 1Upload a PDF that contains a table.
- 2The table is detected automatically.
- 3Download it as a spreadsheet file you can open and edit.
About PDF to Text
Sometimes you do not need a spreadsheet at all — you just want the words out of a PDF so you can search, quote or reformat them.
If the PDF turns out to be a scan, this tool will tell you rather than handing back an empty file.
Frequently asked questions
Does this work on scans?
No — a scanned page holds no text, only an image. Use the Image to Text (OCR) tool for those.
Is the layout preserved?
Roughly. Lines are kept in reading order and columns are separated by tabs, which is usually enough to keep a table readable in a text editor.
Is anything uploaded?
No. The PDF is read entirely by your browser.