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Compress, convert, merge, sign, redact and read scans. Choose a tool and open a file — it is processed on this device and never uploaded.

Why this is different

No document is uploaded. This can be independently verified.

Comparable services transmit your file to a server and undertake to delete it subsequently. PaperJET has no server to which a document could be sent: the tools are compiled to WebAssembly and execute within this browser tab, on your own device. Nothing is queued, nothing is capped, and the work continues if you go offline after the page has loaded.

To verify Load this page, disconnect from the network, and then compress a document. The operation completes as normal. No server-dependent service could do so.
No uploadThe file is read from local storage by the browser and does not leave it. No copy exists anywhere other than on your own device.
No account requiredNo registration, no email address and no consent banner. An account is optional and serves only to retain your preferences.
No limitsNo file size cap, no daily quota, no queue and no watermark applied to output. The only constraint is the memory of your device.
Established componentsBuilt on pdf-lib, pdf.js and Tesseract, the same libraries used across the industry, executed locally.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

Are documents uploaded to a server?

No. Every tool executes within your own browser using WebAssembly. The file is read from local storage by the browser and is not transmitted, so no server holds a copy of it. This may be verified by disconnecting from the network once the page has loaded; the tools continue to function normally.

Is PaperJET free to use?

Yes. All tools are provided free of charge, with no account required, no watermark applied and no file size limit.

Can a scanned PDF be processed?

Yes. The OCR tool reads the text from a scan and can return the same scan with an invisible text layer applied, so that the document appears unchanged while becoming searchable and available for copying.

Can a PDF be converted to Word or Excel?

Yes, where the PDF already contains text. Where the file is a scan, the OCR tool should be used instead; the interface will indicate which case applies.

Is there a file size limit?

No. As processing is performed on your own device rather than on a server, the constraint is the available memory of that device rather than an upload cap.

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Convert PDF to Excel

Recovers a table locked inside a PDF into a spreadsheet whose figures can actually be calculated with. The extraction runs on your own device, which matters for the documents this is usually wanted for — statements, invoices, ledgers, price lists — where the contents are commercially sensitive and ought not to be posted to a conversion service.

How to convert PDF to Excel

  1. Open the PDF containing the table.
  2. Convert. Ruled tables with clear column lines are read most accurately.
  3. Save the spreadsheet and open it in Excel, Numbers, Google Sheets or LibreOffice.
Structure is inferred, not stored

A PDF records where each number was printed, not that it belonged to a column. Recovering the table means reconstructing that structure from position. Ruled tables come out well; tables held together only by whitespace, or spanning several pages with repeated headers, may need tidying afterwards.

A scan needs OCR first

If the table is a photograph or a scan, there are no figures to extract — only pixels. Run OCR on it first, choosing the editable output, and the recognised table can then be worked with.

Questions about converting PDF to Excel

Is the document uploaded to extract the table?

No. The extraction runs entirely in this browser tab, and the document is not transmitted at any point.

Why did my columns come out misaligned?

Because a PDF stores the position of each value rather than the table it belonged to, so the columns have to be inferred. Tables with visible ruling lines are read most reliably; those separated only by spacing are the hardest cases.

Can a scanned table be converted?

Not directly — a scan contains no figures, only an image of them. Use the OCR tool first and select the editable output, then work with the result.

Will the numbers be real numbers or text?

Values that read cleanly as numbers are written as numbers, so they can be summed and calculated with. Anything ambiguous is left as text rather than guessed at and silently altered.