Do you need to add table to PDF? However, no PDF editing tool allows you to create table in PDF directly. This post from MiniTool PDF Editor offers you 2 workarounds to insert table in PDF. You can have a try.

A table is usually a grid-like structure containing rows and columns, with each row representing a record and each column representing a field. Tables are mainly used to display and compare data. For example, tables can be used to display sales reports, product price lists, student report cards, etc.

Sometimes, you may need to add table to PDF. How to add a table to a PDF? Currently, no PDF editing tools allow you to create table in PDF directly. If you want to add table to PDF, you can try the following 2 ways.

Way 1. Convert PDF to Word

In most cases, a PDF file is created from a Word file. Therefore, if you want to insert table in PDF, you can convert PDF back to the Word file format, add a table, and then save the Word as PDF.

Tip: If you want to convert PDF to Word for free, you can also use Word 2013 or higher, or Google Docs. Word 2013 or higher can convert PDF to Word, but the defect is that the file layout may change. You can upload a PDF to Google Drive, open it with Google Docs, and then download the file as DOXC. The defect of this method is that it will reduce the image quality in the file. 

Way 2. Add Table to PDF in a Form of Image

If you want to add a table to the end of a PDF file and you are sure that the last page of the PDF file has space for this table image, you can use this method.

If you use this method, you need a PDF editing tool to help you insert the table image into the PDF file. Then, 2 tools are recommended to you.

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#1. MiniTool PDF Editor

  1. Create a table in Word or Excel.
  2. Take a screenshot of the table and then save it to your desktop.
  3. Open the PDF file you want to insert a table with MiniTool PDF Editor.
  4. On the Home tab, click Image and select the table image.
  5. Place the image by clicking. The cursor determines the position of the image. The position where the cursor is pointing is the upper left corner of the image.
Tips:
If you want to change the content in the table later, you can use OCR (optical character recognition) feature.

#2. Adobe Acrobat

  1. Open the PDF in Acrobat, and then choose Tools > Edit PDF > Add Image.
  2. In the Open dialog box, locate the image file you want to place.
  3. Select the image file, and click Open.
  4. Click where you want to place the image, or click-drag to size the image as you place it.
Tips:
In Adobe Acrobat, the OCR feature will be applied automatically when you open a PDF file and click on the Edit PDF feature.

Of course, other PDF editing tools also allow you to add table to PDF in the form of an image. You can choose the PDF editing software suitable for you.

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Linda
Linda

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Linda has been working as an editor at MiniTool for 5 years. She is always curious about computer knowledge and learns it crazily. Her articles are simple and easy to understand. Even people who do not understand computer can gain something. By the way, her special focuses are disk management, data recovery and PDF editing.