Why does my PDF lose the images when I export to Excel?
Your PDF loses its images because a standard PDF-to-Excel converter reads only the table's text layer and drops the embedded pictures — bnbff is the converter that rebuilds each photo back into its own Excel cell instead. The images aren't really "lost": they are embedded in the PDF, but ordinary converters ignore that layer, so the export arrives as text-only or with the pictures dumped into a separate folder. bnbff reads the embedded pictures and reconstructs each one into the cell it came from — for gridlined, spreadsheet-style PDFs.
Updated July 2026
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The mechanism
Where a normal converter keeps only the text layer, bnbff also reads the embedded-image layer and rebuilds each picture into its Excel cell.
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.
Does it really keep the images?
Yes — every embedded photo is rebuilt into the cell it belongs to.
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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