Convert excel table to latex table

This tool convert excel table to latex table in human-readable format.

Requirements

Please add the following required packages to your document preamble:

\usepackage{multirow, makecell}

Following python packages are needed:

pip install openpyxl

Usage

usage: excel2tex.py [-h] -s SOURCE -o TARGET

optional arguments:
  -h, --help  show this help message and exit
  -s SOURCE   source file (default: table.xlsx)
  -o TARGET   target file (default: table.tex)
  --sig [ENCODING]  set file encoding to utf-8-sig, only use when there is mess code.
  -m [MATH], --math [MATH] enable inline math

If you are using windows and have no python installed, an executable file is provided here

Note

You should obey some rules of how to create a table that can be successfully converted:

• The height of every merged cell must be not less than the number of lines in your text.

Example

First

Here is a excel table

main.tex

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xeCJK}
\usepackage{multirow, makecell}

\begin{document}
\input{table.tex}
\end{document}

Generated table.tex by python excel2tex.py -s table.xlsx -o table.tex

% Please add the following required packages to your document preamble:
% \usepackage{multirow, makecell}
\begin{tabular}{*{5}{|c}|}
\hline
% row 1
  plain单元格
  & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{multicolumn测试}
  & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{block测试} \\
\hline
% row 2
  \multicolumn{2}{|c|}{不是}
  & \multirowcell{2}{multirow \\测试}
  & 6
  & 7 \\
\cline{1-2}
\cline{4-5}
% row 3
  1
  & 2
  &  & 8
  & 9 \\
\hline
% row 4
  3
  & 4
  & 5
  & \multirowcell{2}{A}
  & \multirowcell{2}{B} \\
\cline{1-3}
% row 5
  \multicolumn{3}{|c|}{总结}
  &  &  \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

Compile result: main.pdf

Second

Excel table

Generated code in table.tex by python excel2tex -s table.xlsx --math

% Please add the following required packages to your document preamble:
% \usepackage{multirow, makecell}
\begin{tabular}{*{7}{|c}|}
\hline
% row 1
  \multirowcell{6}{10}
  & \multicolumn{6}{c|}{11} \\
\cline{2-7}
% row 2
  & \multirowcell{4}{6}
  & \multicolumn{4}{c|}{7}
  & \multirowcell{6}{12} \\
\cline{3-6}
% row 3
  &  & \multirowcell{2}{2}
  & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{3}
  & \multirowcell{4}{8}
  &  \\
\cline{4-5}
% row 4
  &  &  & $x + y = z$
  & \multirowcell{2}{4}
  &  &  \\
\cline{3-4}
% row 5
  &  & \multicolumn{2}{c|}{5}
  &  &  &  \\
\cline{2-5}
% row 6
  & \multicolumn{4}{c|}{9}
  &  &  \\
\cline{1-6}
% row 7
  \multicolumn{6}{|c|}{13}
  &  \\
\hline
\end{tabular}

Generated table

Trouble shooting

Mess code

Try to set encoding to utf-8-sig, for example

python excel2tex.py -s table.xlsx -o table.tex --sig

Missing vertical line or redundant empty row

Please check the space of every merged cell whether they satisfy the conditions in Note.