Java/ Convert PDF to Excel

When a PDF file contains table, you may need to convert it to Excel for further processing. In this article, you will learn how to convert each PDF page to a single Excel worksheet as well as how to convert multiple PDF pages to one Excel worksheet by using Free Spire.PDF for Java.

Two Methods to Import the JAR Dependency

Method 1: You can download the free library and unzip it. Then add the Spire.Pdf.jar file to your project as dependency.
Method 2: Or you can directly add the jar dependency to maven project by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>com.e-iceblue</id>
        <name>e-iceblue</name>
        <url>http://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
        <artifactId>spire.pdf.free</artifactId>
        <version>4.4.1</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Convert a PDF File Containing Three Pages to Three Excel Worksheets

Step 1: Create a PdfDocument object.
Step 2: Load a sample PDF file using PdfDocument.loadFromFile() method.
Step 3: Save the PDF file to Excel using PdfDocument.saveToFile() method.

import com.spire.pdf.FileFormat;
import com.spire.pdf.PdfDocument;

public class ToXLS {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        //Create a PdfDocument object
        PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument();
        //Load a sample PDF file
        pdf.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Members.pdf");
        //Save to Excel
        pdf.saveToFile("output/ToExcel.xlsx", FileFormat.XLSX);
    }
}

Convert a PDF File Containing Three Pages to One Excel Worksheets

Free Spire.XLS for Java offers the PdfDocument.getConvertOptions().setConvertToOneSheet(true) method to set the PDF to XLSX conversion options to render multiple PDF pages on one Excel worksheet.

import com.spire.pdf.*;

public class ManyPagesToOneSheet {
    public static void main(String[] args) {

        //Create a PdfDocument object
        PdfDocument pdf = new PdfDocument();

        //Load a sample PDF file
        pdf.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\Members.pdf");

        //Convert multiple PDF pages to one Excel worksheet
        pdf.getConvertOptions().setConvertToOneSheet(true);

        //Save to Excel
        pdf.saveToFile("output/ToOneSheet.xlsx", FileFormat.XLSX);
    }
}