Turn a table in pasted text into a CSV you can open in a spreadsheet
Paste text that holds a table and get rows and columns ready for CSV import. Names, figures and quotes stay exactly as written. No sign-up to preview.
This preview shows the first 25 rows and does not keep your file.
Need a different result? Turn anything into anything: drop any file, pick what you want out of it.Try it →A table copied from an email or a web page often arrives as loose lines, with columns run together or split by stray spaces, and retyping it into a spreadsheet invites mistakes. This tool finds the main table in your text and sets it out as a CSV with one header row. Names, figures and quotes stay exactly as they were written.
What you get
One header row, plain values
The table comes out with a single header row, up to 8 columns, and no merged cells, so it imports into a spreadsheet without manual repair.
Values kept as written
Names, figures and quotes are copied exactly as they appear in your text. The tool does not fill in values that are not there, so an empty cell stays empty.
Preview before you commit
You see the first rows of the table in the browser before deciding anything. Longer texts are previewed from roughly the first 6,000 characters.
How it works
- Step 1
Paste your text into the box above, or drop in a .txt file.
- Step 2
Check the table preview: the header row, the column order and the figures should match your source.
- Step 3
With a free account you get the full table, every row of a long text, a CSV download, and the option to edit the table by asking for changes.
Who uses it
Office staff who receive status updates by email
A weekly figures table sent as plain text in an email can go straight into a sheet for totals and charts, instead of being retyped line by line.
Students and researchers working from published articles
When the data table in an article has been copied as plain text, you can turn it into rows and columns to compare or re-check the numbers in a spreadsheet.
Anyone collecting results from a web page
Price lists, schedules and results copied from a web page are often pasted as jumbled text. Converting them to CSV makes them sortable and filterable.
Questions
Will it work on any pasted text?
It works best when the text contains a table, or lines with a consistent separator such as tabs, pipes or repeated spacing. Plain prose with no table has no rows and columns to extract, so the result will not be useful.
How much of my text does the preview read?
The preview reads roughly the first 6,000 characters of text. A free account gives you the full table for the whole text, including every row of a long file.
Will the figures or names be changed?
Names, figures and quotes are kept exactly as written, and the tool does not invent values that are missing. Results can still contain mistakes, so check the table against your original text when the numbers matter.
Will the CSV open cleanly in Excel or Google Sheets?
The output has one header row, plain values and no merged cells, which suits a CSV import. After importing, check the first rows, especially numbers with commas, because spreadsheet apps read separators according to your regional settings.
Do I need an account to try it?
No. You can paste text and see the table preview without signing up. A free account adds the full table, the CSV download, and editing by asking for changes.
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See it on real examples
Three actual runs of this tool. Open one to see the input and the whole result.