What Word to Excel helps you do

Tables in Word are hard to reuse elsewhere. This tool reads a DOCX in the browser, extracts each table, and writes the rows into an Excel workbook, with one sheet per table or one combined sheet. It is the practical way to move a specification, report appendix or survey summary into a spreadsheet without retyping rows.

The document is read and converted entirely in your browser. It is not uploaded to Haivix.

How it works

The DOCX is unzipped and its document XML is read to locate table elements. Each table is converted into rows and cells, with merged cells expanded by repeating their value and nested tables treated separately. The browser then builds an XLSX workbook with one sheet per table or a single combined sheet.

How to use Word to Excel

Drop a Word .docx document that contains at least one table.
Choose one worksheet per table or a single combined worksheet.
Extract the tables and download the .xlsx workbook.
Check the headers and merged cells in the downloaded file.

When to use it

Move a specification or report table into Excel for analysis.
Collect several tables from one Word document into a single workbook.
Turn a Word-based data appendix into editable spreadsheet rows.
Extract a survey summary that was pasted into a report.
Separate unrelated tables into sheets for different reviewers.
Move a table into a system that accepts XLSX but not DOCX.
Extract a form-like table from a Word template.

When not to use it

Do not use it when the data is in paragraphs rather than tables.
Do not expect charts, images or cell styling to survive.
Do not rely on it for a complex layout with nested tables without checking the result.

Example

A 30-page report has five tables: a scope table, a pricing table and three appendices. One-sheet-per-table mode creates five worksheets named from the nearest headings. The merged header in the pricing table is expanded, so each column has a readable name.

What you can do with Word to Excel

Read .docx files and find every table in the document.
Create one worksheet per table or a single combined sheet.
Name sheets from the nearest heading or a table number.
Expand merged cells by repeating their value.
Download a real .xlsx workbook.
Keep the document on your device during conversion.

Example: extract a specification table

Drop the Word document and check how many tables were found. A document with nested tables may report more tables than you expect.

Choose one sheet per table if the tables are unrelated, or a combined sheet if they share the same columns and should stack.

Open the downloaded workbook and check the first rows, the merged headers and the column order before using the data.

What to know before you start

Only tables are extracted; surrounding paragraphs are ignored.
Merged cells are expanded by repeating their value across the merged range, and nested tables are extracted as separate tables.
Cell formatting, formulas, and images are not preserved.
The .docx must be a real Word document, not a renamed .doc or PDF.
Complex layouts may need a manual check after conversion.

Common mistakes

Expecting paragraphs outside tables to be included.
Assuming a merged header will stay merged; it is expanded into repeated values.
Combining tables that have different columns into one sheet.
Ignoring nested tables, which are extracted as separate tables.
Not checking the downloaded workbook before deleting the original.

Troubleshooting

If no tables are found, the document may store the data as text or images rather than a real table.

If the row count looks low, a nested table may have been extracted separately; check the sheet list.

If columns are misaligned, the source table may have merged cells or an uneven number of cells per row.

If the document will not open, it may be encrypted, damaged or larger than the size cap.

If a sheet name is missing, the table had no nearby heading and received a generic name.

If a table crosses a page break, the extraction still treats it as one table. Compare the row count with the document when a page break looks like a new table, because a split table is easy to miss by eye.

If a table has a header row that repeats on each page, the repeated header may appear as extra rows in the extract. Delete the duplicates in the workbook if the header repeats more than once.

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