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Convert HTML table to Excel
Choose HTML file -> Set Excel file -> Convert HTML table to Excel
“Start a New Convert” for “HTML to Excel”.
Select From “File” “HTML” To “File” “Excel”.
1. Open source HTML file.
Support large HTML file ( > 4GB ).
Source HTML file’s content is like this:
2. Config target Excel file.
3. Set rows options.
4. Convert HTML table to Excel.
After converting, you can view the output Excel file.
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HTML → EXCEL reference
Type mapping
| 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 |
Dialect differences
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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