About CSV Convert
Which extraction route your PDF actually needs, decided in one selection test
What is on this site
One question, "convert pdf to csv", answered with a checker that works on the page with no account, 4 guides on the questions around it, a data table you can cite (the figures and their method), and the sources every figure rests on.
- Why converting a PDF table to CSV is harder than it looks: PDF stores marks on a page, not rows and columns. What that means for extraction, and why two identical-looking files behave completely differently.
- Scanned PDFs: what OCR gets wrong, and how to catch it: Recognition errors in numeric columns do not look like errors. The predictable confusions, the checks that catch them, and why input quality dominates.
- Before you upload a PDF to an online converter: A free converter processing your file is a processor under UK GDPR, and Article 28 requires a contract. What that means in practice, and the simpler alternative.
- Checking a PDF to CSV conversion before you trust it: Every route has a signature defect. Six checks that take five minutes and catch nearly all of them, in the order worth doing them.
Reach us
Contact for a question about the site, or hello@csvconvert.uk. The legal terms are on Terms and Privacy.
CSV Convert is an independent site operated by Ellul Solutions Ltd. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any software vendor, the Information Commissioner's Office or any government body, and it is not a law firm or a data protection adviser. This site does not convert, process or store your documents and never asks you to upload one: it tells you which route your file needs so you can choose a tool deliberately. Nothing here is legal advice on a data protection question. We publish no extraction accuracy figure anywhere, because accuracy depends on the individual document and no authority measures it. Every requirement quoted is taken from the source cited beside it and read on the date shown at the top of this page.