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Convert PDFs with tables to Excel documents online

PDF files are great because you don't have to worry about the formatting of your document getting lost in translation when you send it to someone else. The only problem is that they're notoriously tough to edit. Nitro's new web-based PDF to Excel converter solves at least part of the problem. If you've got a PDF with tables, and you want to do more than view them, then this is for you.

PDF to Excel does a pretty decent job of keep the formatting of the original PDF intact. Colors, text sizes and cell formatting all carry over into Excel. Just as importantly, it reliably detects tables to keep from forcing your non-table content into the Excel document, where you'll probably just end up deleting it. The only complaint I have about PDF to Excel is that it delivers the results by email. I'd like to see a direct download option as well.
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