How we tested the converter tools To help you find what’s best for your tasks, we tested seven PDF to Excel conversion tools using four different PDF files ranging from simple to nightmare.

Create a new Excel spreadsheet. Open the Get Data menu from the Data tab on the ribbon. Select From File > From PDF. Locate the PDF document you want to use. Select the data you want to import.

Microsoft announced this week that's it's now possible for Office 365 users to import table data from Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files into the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet program.