Bank Statement PDF to Excel: Handling Tables, Scans, and Layouts

A practical guide to converting bank statement PDFs to Excel, including table detection, multi-column pages, and scanned document challenges.

Detecting Tables in PDFs

Bank statements often mix transaction tables with headers and footers. Prefer extractors that detect grid lines and column positions instead of plain text flows.

Scanned vs Digital PDFs

If your PDF is a scan, enable OCR. Use language and number presets to reduce misreads in dates and amounts. Always spot-check totals.

Layout Edge Cases

Multi-column pages require region-based extraction
Continuation markers may split a single row across pages
Footers with page totals can be mis-read as transactions