Tables in Word documents often contain structured data, but Excel is better suited for analyzing, filtering, and charting that data. When a document contains multiple tables, copying and pasting them manually can be time-consuming and may introduce errors during conversion.

This article explains how to use Spire.Doc for Python and Spire.XLS for Python to import each table from a Word document into a separate Excel worksheet. It also describes what the solution can handle and where its limitations lie.

Install the Required Libraries

Before you begin, install two libraries: Spire.Doc reads and parses the table structure in Word documents, while Spire.XLS creates and writes Excel files. Run the following commands:

pip install Spire.Doc pip install Spire.XLS

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Spire products also offer free editions, such as spire.doc.free and spire.xls.free , which you can install with pip install spire.doc.free spire.xls.free . The free editions have certain limitations.…