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How to Convert PDF to
Excel for Free Without Installing Any Program

PDF is one of the
most popular digital file formats, but its biggest strength is also
its biggest weakness. PDFs are protected from being edited by
default, so in order to modify their content you need to have a
robust PDF editor at hand or convert PDF to Word, Excel or some other
file format used for document creation and editing.

Luckily, if you
have a PDF and want to convert it to Excel without installing any
program on your desktop computer, free online PDF tool can do the
trick. There are numerous websites that can do the job fast and for
free, but the service we’ve decided to cover in this article has no
limit in terms of the number of pages or daily quota for conversion.

By following our
easy how-to guide, you can have tabular PDF data accurately exported
into Excel for further editing in a matter of seconds 100% free and
anonymous. Of course, should you decide to share the file and want to
prevent recipients from modifying it, it’s advisable to save it
back to PDF from the print dialog in Excel before sending it out.

Here’s how it’s
done.

Once you enter the
PDF
to Excel free tool
page, look for a big, gray
rectangle. The text on it perfectly explains what you need to do
next: “Drag & drop or click to upload a PDF file”.

As soon as you
select a file, the tool starts the PDF to Excel conversion process.
In a matter of seconds, you’ll see a “Done!” caption on
the rectangle and the Download File button will appear below.

Next to it there
will be a Convert another file button. If you want to proceed,
make sure to click on it only after you have downloaded the
previously converted file (it will reset the conversion area). Note
that you can’t convert multiple PDFs and then download all Excel
output files at once - you have to upload and download files one by
one.

Your browser will
download the converted file to a location on your hard drive. If you
don’t know where it stores your downloads by default, click on the
download file menu in the bottom left corner of the browser window
and select to either Open the file (and save it to the
location of your preference) or Show in folder to access the
file’s location.

If you would like
to try some other free PDF tools by the same developer you’ll have
easy access to all of them in the area below the PDF to Excel tool.

You can also
convert native and scanned PDFs to Word, PDF pages to PowerPoint
slides and AutoCAD drawings, and convert more than 300 printable file
formats to PDF.

The steps needed to
complete the task are the same for every tool - upload the original
and download the converted file. Just have in mind that conversions
may take longer to complete if you upload a big file, especially if
the OCR engine needs to extract text from scanned files.

We hope you found
these tips helpful and that these free tools will make you more
productive when working with PDF files without breaking the bank.
Happy converting!

Published March 19, 2019

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