PDFs aren’t just for reproducing digital versions of glossy brochures. This document format can do more than display scanned pages from a book, too. PDFs often contain critical data within tables across industries. These could be digitized files of old accounting records or historical performance data. It may even be old employee data. If this data remains within the PDF, you cannot modify or analyze it. With large volumes of information, you’ll need a way to bulk-convert PDF to Excel.

Data locked into one file format isn’t practically accessible. Additionally, moving data to different formats is sometimes complex. Challenges often arise, especially when there is a need to preserve formatting. You can’t risk damaging the integrity of the information to make it accessible. However, it could take hours for an employee to re-key information from PDF pages into Excel. Poor conversion tools can also mean hours spent correcting errors. Transforming a PDF file to an Excel file can let you access tabular data easily.

How would you do that? Tungsten Power PDF is a user-friendly PDF editor that suits the needs of companies of any size. It lets you control your data according to your needs and convert many file formats to and from PDF. Converting PDFs to Excel occurs within seconds and delivers high-quality results.

Converting One PDF File to Excel

With a built-in PDF-to-Excel converter, a few simple steps produce a new Excel worksheet based on a PDF. Here’s how:

1. Open the PDF in Power PDF.
2. Click on the File menu.
3. Select Save As.
4. Choose the location for your new file.
5. Select Excel Spreadsheet under the file type.
6. Click Save.

Power PDF automatically applies the data to create a new Excel file. You can share the file with the team that requires it or continue working on the document. What if you have more than one file to change? Can you bulk convert PDF to Excel? Absolutely.

How to Bulk Export PDF to Excel

The easiest way to accomplish a bulk PDF conversion involves using Power PDF’s built-in convert assistant. This convenient tool simplifies specifying all the files that require simultaneous conversion. Remember that this method works best when the files contain mainly tables. Instead, you will need to use the export area tool for PDFs that are mostly text interspersed with tables.

First, here’s how to use the assistant to convert multiple PDFs:

1. In Power PDF, click Advanced Processing. On this ribbon, locate the group labeled Batch and click the converter button to launch the convert assistant.
2. Drag and drop files into the software, or use the Add button to select all files.
3. In output format, select Microsoft Excel.
4. Specify a destination folder for the converted files.

Press convert to start the conversion process. Power PDF automatically processes all the documents you selected and outputs them into the standard Microsoft Excel .xlsx format.

Isolating Distinctive Tables

Embedded tables are prevalent in PDF and often require transfer to Excel. A straight conversion can make for a messy file when you only need specific tables and not the text surrounding them. Power PDF simplifies the task by letting you select specific areas of a PDF file for conversion. Here’s how to extract only the needed data.

1. Click the Edit ribbon with the document open in the Power PDF.
2. Click the Select Area tool. Draw a box around the table you want to convert.
3. Right-click (or control-click) on the document and click Convert Area.
4. Set the document type to Excel Spreadsheet in the dialog box.
5. Click Save.

This method moves data within seconds, ensuring quality and accuracy.

Need to Change an Excel File to a PDF? No Problem

Sometimes, you may need to do the opposite and move Excel data into a PDF. This transfer could be helpful to present reports, illustrate data, or share extensive data sets more conveniently. As before, this is a simple process that requires only one additional step. Follow this quick guide to produce a PDF from any Excel file you have:

1. Open the spreadsheet you want to convert into a PDF with Microsoft Excel.
2. Click File.
3. Open the printer menu by clicking Print.
4. Click the printer dropdown box and set Power PDF as the current printer. Click the Print button.
5. This opens a save dialog box. Create a name for your new PDF. Click Save.
6. Excel “prints” the file in PDF format, and you can open the new file.

Windows users also have a secondary option for converting documents. This solution is handy for converting multiple Excel files simultaneously.

• After opening Excel, find the Tungsten PDF ribbon integrated into the software.
• Click on Create PDF using this ribbon.
• Again, a save file prompt opens. Enter a file name and click Save to convert your document automatically.

Simplifying More of Your Work With Power PDF

Power PDF is more than a vehicle for easily converting files between formats. It also has all the features business users need to make working with these documents as frictionless as possible. Some of the other notable features of the software include:

• A complete suite of PDF creation capabilities, including drag-and-drop document assembly, split and merge functionality, form creation and much more.
• Built-in security features, including password protection, access controls, 256-AES encryption, and digital certificate support.
• Secure eSignature features via DocuSign and Tungsten SignDoc integration.
• Real-time collaboration via local networks or a secure cloud server to keep teams working together regardless of their location.

With these capabilities, you can eliminate many of the common headaches of digital document handling in the workplace while boosting workflow efficiency.

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Reimagine how you interact with PDF files. With Tungsten Power PDF, users can enjoy the robust capabilities necessary for modern teams. Enjoy everything from advanced document editing to fast, easy file conversions—bulk-convert PDF to Excel quickly and accurately to free tabular data for more flexible processing and editing. Experience the difference personally, free of charge. Start your 15-day trial today to better evaluate how Power PDF can slot into your business and its daily document workflows.