PDF Ex - Extract PDF Tables to Excel, CSV & Text

Extract tables & text from PDFs to Excel, CSV, Markdown or JSON. Scanned-PDF OCR built in. 100% local - files never upload.

Extract tables and text from any PDF and save them as Excel, CSV, Markdown, HTML or JSON - entirely on your own computer. Your files are never uploaded. Most PDF to Excel converters make you upload your document to their servers first. For invoices, bank statements, payroll, medical records or anything under NDA, that upload is the problem. PDF Ex does all of its work inside your browser: no server, no account, no API key, and it keeps working with your Wi-Fi switched off. PRIVACY FIRST • 100% local processing - your PDFs never leave your computer • Fully offline from the moment you install - nothing to download later • No servers, no cloud, no external API calls • No account, no sign-up, no tracking, no analytics • The OCR engine and its language data ship inside the extension WHAT IT DOES Digital PDF text extraction Pulls text out of standard PDFs while preserving the original reading order, using Mozilla's PDF.js. Rotated and landscape pages are handled correctly. Automatic table detection Finds tables without you drawing boxes or selecting regions. Rows and columns are reconstructed from the position of the text on the page. Tables that span multiple pages A table continued across pages 3 to 7 is exported as one table, not five disconnected fragments. Real numbers in Excel Numeric cells arrive as numbers you can SUM and sort, not as text. IDs with leading zeros, long account numbers and dates are deliberately kept as text so they are never corrupted. OCR for scanned PDFs Turns image-based pages into searchable text with built-in Tesseract OCR. Scanned pages are detected automatically, including pages that carry only a thin text layer such as a header or page number. Chinese, Japanese and Korean PDFs Full CID character map support, so CJK documents extract properly instead of coming out blank. (OCR itself is English only.) Password-protected PDFs Prompts you for the password instead of giving up. Fillable form fields Reads the filled-in values from PDF forms - useful for invoices and applications, where the answers are invisible to plain text extraction. Preview before you export See the detected tables laid out as real tables, and copy any single one straight to your clipboard ready to paste into Excel or Google Sheets. EXPORT FORMATS • Excel (.xlsx) - one sheet per table, sized column widths, plus sheets for form fields and document info • CSV - table data only • Markdown - for Notion, Obsidian, GitHub and AI chat tools • HTML - a formatted page; tables paste into Word and Google Docs with their structure intact • Plain Text - all text with readable table formatting • JSON - full structured output with text blocks, tables, form fields and OCR content WAYS TO LOAD A PDF • Upload a file from your computer • Drag and drop a PDF anywhere onto the popup • Extract the PDF already open in your current browser tab • Keyboard shortcut: Alt+Shift+P opens the extension HANDY EXTRAS • Page ranges - extract only what you need: 1-5, or 2,4,6, or 8- • Cancel a long OCR run at any point • Copy all extracted text to the clipboard in one click • Progress bar with an estimated time remaining • Your last extraction is still there when you reopen the popup • Dark, light, or follow-your-system theme • Adjustable OCR quality: Fast, Balanced or Best HOW TO USE Upload a PDF 1. Click the extension icon. 2. Click Upload PDF, or drag a file onto the panel. 3. Wait while the pages are processed. OCR pages typically take 2-5 seconds each. 4. Check the preview. 5. Choose an export format and click Download. Extract from the current browser tab 1. Open any PDF in Chrome. 2. Click the extension icon. 3. Click Current Tab. 4. The PDF is fetched and processed straight from the active tab. OCR MODE ON (default) • Scanned and image-based pages are read with Tesseract OCR • Pages are detected automatically - no manual selection OFF • Faster • Image-based pages are skipped • Best when you only work with text-based PDFs OCR runs entirely on your machine. The engine and the English language data are bundled with the extension, so there is no first-run download and no internet connection is needed at any point. PERFECT FOR • Accountants and bookkeepers pulling figures out of invoices and statements • Researchers and students extracting tables from papers and reports • Data analysts converting PDF reports into spreadsheets • Anyone handling confidential documents that must not be uploaded • Archiving and digitising scanned paperwork Fast, private, fully local PDF table and text extraction for Google Chrome.