How to copy a PDF table to Google Docs™ - The Easy Way

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Trying to copy a table from a PDF into Google Docs™ usually breaks the formatting or just gives you unformatted text. It’s a common frustration.

Our Text To Table Converter Add-On for Google Docs™ fixes this. Here’s how.

Example: EUROSTAT Table

We’ll use this table from a EUROSTAT PDF (Link to PDF):

Table in PDF (Source table in the PDF)

Steps to Copy the Table:

Copy from PDF: Select the table data in your PDF viewer and copy it (Ctrl+C / Cmd+C).
Paste into Google Docs™: In your Doc, right-click and choose Paste without formatting. You’ll get plain text like this:
Convert to Table: Select the pasted text. Go to Extensions > Text To Table Converter > Text To Table.

Result:

The Add-On instantly creates a proper table:

Formatted table in Google Docs™ (Clean table created by the Add-On)

Optional Formatting:

For quick styling, select the table, then go to Extensions > Text To Table Converter > Table Quick Format (Blue) (or another style).

Table with quick formatting applied (Table after applying a quick format)

Get the Add-On:

Haven’t installed it yet? Get the Text To Table Converter free