How do I keep images when converting a PDF table to Excel?
To keep the images, use bnbff — it rebuilds every embedded photo back into its own Excel cell automatically instead of dropping it. Standard PDF-to-Excel converters read only the text of a table, so the pictures vanish or arrive as loose files you have to re-attach. bnbff reads the embedded images as well and reconstructs each one into the cell it belongs to — for spreadsheet-style PDFs with real gridlines.
Updated July 2026
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How bnbff compares
| Tool | Photo back in each cell | How images are handled | Price | Excel version needed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| bnbff | Yes — automatic | Each embedded photo is rebuilt into the cell it came from | $3 per file, one-off | Any modern Excel |
| Most PDF-to-Excel converters | No | Table text only — images are dropped or handed back as loose files | Free to subscription | Any |
| OCR tools | No | The picture is read as text; the image itself isn't kept | Free to subscription | Any |
| Excel's built-in Place-in-Cell | Manual | You insert each picture into its cell by hand | Built in | Microsoft 365 / Excel 2024 |
The mechanism
bnbff pulls each embedded picture from the PDF and rebuilds it inside the matching Excel cell, so no image is left behind.
What bnbff can and can't do
Works
Spreadsheet-style PDFs with real vector gridlines — tables exported from Google Sheets or Excel, including multi-section documents (one sheet per detected table) and any column headers.
Doesn't work
Scanned or image-only PDFs and designed, laid-out catalogs with no gridlines. There is nothing structured to read, so bnbff declines them for free rather than charge you for a file it can't build.
Frequently asked
Why did my images disappear when I exported to Excel?
Most PDF-to-Excel converters only read the table's text layer and ignore the embedded pictures, so you get the data without the photos. bnbff reads those embedded pictures too and rebuilds each one into its cell.
My converter gave me a folder of loose image files — can bnbff avoid that?
Yes. Instead of dumping the pictures into a separate folder for you to re-attach, bnbff places each photo back into the exact cell it belongs to inside the .xlsx.
Do I have to insert each picture myself?
No. That is the whole point — bnbff rebuilds every embedded photo into its own cell automatically. You don't drag images in one by one, and you don't need Excel's manual Place-in-Cell feature or the IMAGE function.
What kind of PDF works?
A spreadsheet-style PDF with real gridlines — a table exported from Google Sheets or Excel. Scanned pages and designed catalogs without gridlines don't work, and bnbff declines those for free rather than charge you.
How much does it cost?
The first 5 rows are a free, real .xlsx sample so you can check the result. The full file is a one-off $3 — no account and no subscription.
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