Step 1: Provide your Word files using the button above or by toss and let go.
Step 2: Click the 'Convert' button to start the conversion.
Step 3: Fetch your converted XLSX files.
Word to XLSX Conversion FAQ
Is this a document converter or a table extractor?
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A table extractor. The converter reads your Word, finds the tables inside it, and writes those out as XLSX. Everything that is not a table - body text, headings, images - does not come across, because there is no sensible way to lay prose out in spreadsheet cells.
Why did my Word to XLSX conversion return an error?
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The most common reason is that the Word contains no tables. Because this conversion works by extracting tables, a file with none has nothing to put in the XLSX. Rather than return an empty spreadsheet, the converter refuses and tells you to use a file with at least one table.
Where did the body text of my Word go?
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It was never part of this conversion. Only the tables are extracted into the XLSX. To keep the writing, run the Word through a document conversion - DOCX, ODT or TXT - rather than a spreadsheet target.
How does the converter find the tables in my Word?
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It depends on the source. A DOCX or DOC stores its tables as real table objects, so they are read directly and exactly. A PDF stores no such structure, so the tables are detected from ruled lines and column-aligned text on every page.
Can it handle Word files with many tables?
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Yes. Each table found anywhere in the Word is collected into the XLSX. There is no limit on the number of tables, only on the size of the resulting spreadsheet.
My Word is a scan - why does it produce nothing?
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Because a scanned page is an image. The extractor works from actual text and its coordinates, and an image contains neither. OCR the Word into a searchable file first; that version converts to XLSX normally.
Are there limits on how big the XLSX can get?
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The target format sets them. The legacy .xls format tops out at 256 columns and 65,536 rows and the converter tells you when a table exceeds either - convert to .xlsx instead. XLSX itself allows about a million rows; CSV is a flat text grid with no ceiling.
Is XLSX the right target for my Word?
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It is if the Word is mostly tables and you intend to work with the values. It is not if you want to read or edit the document, in which case DOCX, ODT, RTF or TXT is the conversion you are looking for.
Is the Word to XLSX table extraction free?
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Yes - extracting tables from your Word into XLSX is free with no account. A paid plan lifts the per-file size limit, runs more conversions in parallel and removes ads.
Can I extract tables from several Word files at once?
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Several files in one job need a paid plan. Free use is one file per conversion, one conversion an hour. On a paid plan you can add several files to one job, then download each result on its own or all of them in one ZIP.
Is the data in my tables kept anywhere?
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Only for a short time. The uploaded Word and the XLSX spreadsheet are deleted from our servers automatically about 24 hours after the conversion, which leaves time to download the result. Nobody reads what is in your tables, and nothing is shared. See /privacy/.
