There are a few ways you can convert a PDF to Excel, including through Microsoft Office apps and Adobe Acrobat.

How to Paste From PDF Format to Excel. The PDF extension is a file format used by Adobe Reader, a free software program. However, PDF files are read-only, which means you cannot edit them.

Need to extract data from PDF files into a spreadsheet so you can analyze it? Find out how seven PDF to Excel conversion tools fared in head-to-head tests with increasingly complex data sources.

Here’s how to save a Word document as a PDF See how to convert a PDF to Excel Unlike Windows 10, macOS — Catalina and onwards, anyway — actually does have PDF-combining powers built in.