Most PDF-to-Excel converters were built for left-to-right text. With Arabic PDFs they often produce words in reverse order, letters such as الإمارات turned into اإلمارات, words split in the middle (تحو يل) and table columns in the wrong order.
This converter reads the text layer of a digital PDF (one made by Word, Excel, an accounting or banking system, or a browser) and rebuilds it for Arabic:
- restores the logical reading order of each line, keeping English words, invoice numbers, IBANs and amounts the right way round;
- converts presentation-form glyphs back to normal Arabic letters, so Excel search, sorting and formulas work;
- detects tables from the positions of the text and writes the columns right-to-left, starting from the rightmost column;
- keeps Arabic-Indic digits (٠١٢٣) or converts them to 0123, and stores amounts like 15,250.50 or ٢٥٫٠٠ as real numbers;
- creates an .xlsx file with a right-to-left sheet view.
How to use it
- Open the converter and drop your PDF on the page.
- Check the preview: paragraphs and tables appear the way you read them.
- Click Download Excel. The free version converts the first 3 pages of each file.
Private by design
The PDF is read by your own browser. It is not uploaded to us or to anyone else, which matters for bank statements, invoices and payslips.
What it can't do
- Scanned PDFs (photos of paper) contain no text, only an image. This tool does not do OCR and will tell you so.
- Some PDFs embed fonts without a character map (for example Chrome-printed variable fonts). The text cannot be recovered reliably; the tool detects this and warns you.
- Always spot-check totals and names before relying on the output.