This article describes how to extract a table from PDF to Excel using Python. It has all the details to utilize both the products, i.e. Aspose.PDF and Aspose.Cells, a list of steps, and a sample code to extract Excel table from PDF using Python. The sample code will demonstrate the complete process by transferring the table from a PDF page to an Excel sheet.

Steps to Extract Table from PDF to Excel using Python

1. Set the environment to install Aspose.Total For Python via .NET
2. Apply the license for the relevant imported libraries, i.e. Aspose.Cells and Aspose.PDF
3. Load the source PDF file with tables using the Document class object
4. Create an empty Excel file using the Workbook class and set a name for the first sheet
5. Iterate through each page in the collection of pages in the PDF file
6. Access the collection of tables and parse through each cell in the table
7. Fetch text from the PDF cell and copy it into the respective cell in the Excel sheet
8. Save the Excel file on the disk with the table data from the PDF

These steps entail the process to extract data from PDF table to Excel using Python. Import the necessary libraries, load the source PDF file, access each page and collection of tables on it, and parse through all the tables. Finally, access each cell in a PDF able and save its content in the respective cell in the output Excel worksheet.

Code to Pull Table from PDF into Excel using Python

This code demonstrates how to get table from PDF to Excel using Python. You may try a different table recognition engine using the use_flow_engine option in the TableAbsorber class to detect borderless tables in the PDF. Use the text_state in the absorbed cell to fetch the font name, size, background color, foreground color, and bold Italic style for customizing the destination Excel cell format to keep the tables format similar in both the files.

This article has helped in understanding the process of transferring a PDF table to Excel. To install Python to run Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET, refer to the article How to Install Python to Run Aspose.PDF for Python via .NET.