Java - Convert PDF to Excel

It is easy to reuse PDF contents in editable file formats, such as Microsoft Word, Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentation. This article gives you an example of how to convert a PDF document to an Excel document by using Spire.PDF for Java.

Installing Spire.Pdf.jar

If you create a Maven project, you can easily import the jar in your application using the following configurations. For non-Maven projects, download the jar file from this link and add it as a dependency in your application.

<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</artifactId>
        <version>3.12.6</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

Using the code

public class ConvertPdfToExcel {

    public static void main(String[] args) {

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

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

        //Save as Excel file
        pdf.saveToFile("ToExcel.xlsx", FileFormat.XLSX);
    }
}

Besides XLSX, Spire.PDF also supports to convert PDF to various other file format like DOC, DOCX, HTML, XPS, etc.

Output