Batch convert HTML files to Excel files

Shiji Pan

1 year ago

Want to batch convert HTML files to Excel files?

Try Withdata Data File Converter, a desktop HTML to Excel converter for Windows, MacOS, and Linux, Batch convert HTML to Excel, Easy and Fast.

Can run in GUI mode, Step by Step, just a few mouse clicks.
Can run in Command line, for Scheduled Tasks and Streams.
Convert files locally and privately, avoid uploading large HTML file(s) to online services.
Support Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Click “Start a New Convert” at task dialog.

then show the wizard.

Select From “Files” “HTML” To “Files” “Excel”.

And config the first source HTML file.

List source HTML files.

After converting, you can view output Excel files.

HTML → EXCEL reference

Value kind	in HTML	in EXCEL
Int	`<td>1234</td>`	`1234 (a real numeric cell)`
Bigint	`<td>9007199254740993</td>`	`9007199254740993 (exact only while the cell stays text)`
Decimal	`<td>1234.56</td>`	`1234.56 (numeric cell, format controls the displayed decimals)`
Float	`<td>1.234e+10</td>`	`1.234E+10 (numeric cell)`
Text	`<td>text</td>`	`text cell; leading zeros survive only if the column is text`
Long text	`<td>multi-line text</td> (entities for & <)`	`text cell; wraps inside the cell rather than the row`
Date	`<td>2026-09-18</td>`	`a serial number plus a date cell format`
Datetime	`<td>2026-09-18 14:30:00</td>`	`a serial number plus a date-time cell format`
Binary	`not representable in a cell`	`not representable as data`
Boolean	`<td>true</td>`	`TRUE / FALSE (a real boolean cell)`
JSON	`<td>{"a":1}</td> (quotes escaped)`	`a text cell; the quotes are part of the value`

Both HTML and EXCEL are file formats, so what differs below is how each one chooses to represent a value.

Property	in HTML	in EXCEL
identifiers	`Attribute values in quotes; entities for reserved characters`	`Not applicable; a cell holds exactly one value`
dates	`Whatever text was rendered`	`Stored as a serial number; only the cell format makes it lo...`
binary	`data: URIs inside src attributes`	`Only as text or an embedded object, not as a data column`
separator	`Tags, not delimiters`	`Cells, not delimiters`
encoding	`Declared in a meta charset tag or the HTTP header`	`UTF-8 internally, declared in the package`
typing	`None`	`Real cell types: text, number, date, boolean, error`
shape	`Free form; tables are row/column structures inside markup`	`Multiple sheets, each a flat grid`
ceiling	`No formal limit`	`1,048,576 rows x 16,384 columns per sheet; 255 sheets per w...`

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