Convert PDF to Excel in Python

PDF to Excel conversion could be required in various cases, for example, to export tabular data in PDF to spreadsheets, automate tasks in Excel, and use other data manipulation features of Excel. While working with PDF and Excel files programmatically, you may need to automate PDF to Excel conversion in Python. To accomplish that, this article provides you with the easiest solution to convert PDF files to Excel in Python.

In addition, you will learn how to customize PDF to Excel conversion using different options. Also, you will get a free online PDF to Excel converter that you can use anywhere at any time.

Python PDF to Excel Converter

For PDF to Excel XLS/XLSX conversion, we will use Aspose.PDF for Python. The library is designed to create, process, and convert PDF files from within Python applications.

Use the following pip command to install the library from PyPI.

pip install aspose-pdf

Convert a PDF to Excel XLS in Python

Aspose.PDF for Python has made it quite easier to convert a PDF to Excel XLS. You only need to load the PDF file and save it as XLS to desired location. You can follow the steps given below to convert a PDF file to XLS in your Python application.

  • Create an instance of the Document class and initialize it with the input PDF file’s path.
  • Create an object of ExcelSaveOptions class and set output format to XML_SPREAD_SHEET2003.
  • Call Document.save() method with the output XLS file’s name and ExcelSaveOptions as arguments.

The following code sample shows how to convert PDF to XLS in Python.

Input PDF File

How to Convert PDF to XLS in Python

Converted Excel Sheet

PDF to Excel Conversion in Python

Save PDF as XLSX in Python

You can also convert PDF to XLSX in a similar way. In this case, you do not need to specify any output format. Simply save the converted Excel file with .xlsx extension. The following are the steps to convert PDF to XLSX in Python.

  • Load the PDF file using Document class.
  • Create an object of ExcelSaveOptions class.
  • Call Document.save() method and pass the output file’s name and DocSaveOptions object as arguments.

The following code sample shows how to convert PDF to XLSX in Python.

Customize PDF to Excel Conversion

You can also customize the PDF to Excel conversion using different options. The following sections demonstrate how to use a few of the available options.

PDF to Excel with Blank First Column

This option is used to add a blank first column in the converted Excel sheet. To set this option, you will use ExcelSaveOptions class. The following code sample shows how to use this option.

Minimize Number of Worksheets

By default, each page in PDF is converted into a sheet in the Excel file. However, you can override this behavior to minimize the number of sheets in the Excel file. For this, you need to set the ExcelSaveOptions.minimize_the_number_of_worksheets property to True. The following code sample shows how to minimize the number of sheets in PDF to Excel conversion.

Online PDF to Excel Converter

If you want to convert PDF files to Excel format online, use our high-quality and free PDF to Excel converter, which is developed using Aspose.PDF library.

Free PDF to XLS Converter

You can get a free license to convert PDF files to Excel format without evaluation limitations.

Explore PDF to Excel Converter

You can learn more about our Python PDF library using the documentation. Also, you can feel free to let us know about your queries via our forum.

Conclusion

In this article, you have learned how to convert PDF files to Excel in Python. We have explicitly covered the conversion of PDF to XLS and XLSX. In addition, you have seen how to customize PDF to Excel conversion using different options. Also, a free online PDF to Excel converter is provided at the end that you can use to convert as many PDF files as you want.

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