Convert Word to Excel
Pull every table out of a .docx into a real Excel workbook, one sheet per table. Nothing is uploaded.
Drop a Word document here
.docx or .docm
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How it works
01
Drop the .docx
A Word document is a zip of XML, the same container as an Excel workbook. The file is opened in your browser, not uploaded.
02
Check the tables
Every table in the document body becomes a sheet. Merged cells land in the first cell of the span. Switch sheets to preview each one.
03
Download the workbook
You get a real .xlsx with a header row, frozen, with filter arrows. Leading zeros stay text. Paragraphs that were not in a table stay in the Word file.
A .docx is a zip file of XML, the same trick used to unlock a protected workbook. The tables live in word/document.xml as tbl / tr / tc elements, and reading them out is a parse, not an OCR pass over a screenshot of the document. What you get is the actual cell text — including values sitting in horizontally merged cells — written into a real .xlsx so you can sort, filter, and chart it. Free-form paragraphs stay in Word, which is the honest boundary: this converts tables, not letters.
What is extracted
- A Word table becomes One Excel sheet
- Rows and cells are read out of word/document.xml. Several tables in the same document become several sheets, named Table 1, Table 2, and so on, rather than being stacked on top of each other.
- Merged cells becomes The value in the first cell of the span
- Horizontal merges (gridSpan) occupy the extra columns as blanks, so the rest of the row stays aligned. Vertical merges keep the value on the first row and leave the continuation empty.
- Tracked changes and tabs becomes The accepted text, with tabs kept
- Deleted revisions are skipped so you do not get both the old and the new wording. Tabs inside a cell stay as tabs.
- Paragraphs, images, and free-form text becomes Nothing — on purpose
- This is a table extractor. A Word file that is a letter with no tables will say so, rather than dumping every paragraph into column A and calling it a conversion.
Related conversions
- The table is already in a text file? Convert text to Excel.
- Need CSV rather than a workbook? Extract here, then convert the xlsx to CSV.
- The Word file is really an unlocked Excel workbook people renamed? Open it in the viewer if it is actually .xlsx.
- A locked Excel file rather than a Word document? Unlock the workbook.
Common questions
- How do I convert a Word document to Excel?
- Drop the .docx onto the converter above. Every table in the document is extracted into a sheet of an .xlsx workbook, which you then download. Text that is not inside a table is left behind.
- Does it convert the whole document or only tables?
- Only tables. A Word-to-Excel conversion that puts every paragraph in a single column is rarely what people actually need. If the document has no tables, the converter says so instead of inventing a spreadsheet.
- What about a .doc file from older Word?
- The legacy .doc format is a different binary container. Open it in Word and use File then Save As to store it as .docx first, then convert it here.
- Can it open a password-protected document?
- Yes, if you supply the password that opens it. The file is decrypted in your browser; the password is not sent anywhere.
- Will merged cells survive?
- The value survives in the first cell of the merge. The extra columns or rows of the span are left blank so the rest of the table stays lined up. Excel merge formatting itself is not recreated.
- Is my document uploaded to a server?
- No. The .docx is unzipped and the tables are read entirely in your browser using local JavaScript. Nothing is transmitted, stored, or logged.
- Several tables in one document — what happens?
- Each table becomes its own sheet in the workbook. The preview lets you switch between them before you download.