diff --git a/src/Filee.Engines/Pdf/PdfDocumentReader.Tables.cs b/src/Filee.Engines/Pdf/PdfDocumentReader.Tables.cs
index 5241844d0..cddaafcad 100644
--- a/src/Filee.Engines/Pdf/PdfDocumentReader.Tables.cs
+++ b/src/Filee.Engines/Pdf/PdfDocumentReader.Tables.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 // page (lines, paragraphs, alignment within the cell), and cell borders, shading and row heights come from the PDF.
 //
 // Conservative on purpose: a grid needs 2 rows and 2 columns, merged cells must be rectangles, text must sit in the
-// cells (a rule through a word means a chart or a strike-through, not a table) and at least two cells hold text.
+// cells (a rule through a word means a chart or a strike-through, not a table; only a few words may run on past
+// their cell's right rule, as long spreadsheet text does) and at least two cells hold text.
 // Anything else stays text in reading order as before. Tables without rules (aligned by white space only) are not
 // detected; a table running over several pages becomes one table per page.
 
@@ -373,17 +374,27 @@ private static List<double> Edges(IEnumerable<double> positions)
         if (cells.Count < 4 && (cells.Select(c => c.Row).Distinct().Count() < 2 || cells.Select(c => c.Column).Distinct().Count() < 2))
             return null;
 
-        // Words by their centre; a rule through the middle of a word means this is no table around text.
+        // Words by their centre; a rule through the middle of a word means this is no table around text. Except a word
+        // that runs on past its cell's right rule: a spreadsheet cuts long text off at the cell (the PDF only clips the
+        // rest) or lets it run into the empty cell next to it. A few of those stay in the cell they start in.
         var bounds = new PdfRectangle(xs[0], ys[^1], xs[^1], ys[0]);
+        bool Inside(double x, double y) => x > bounds.Left && x < bounds.Right && y > bounds.Bottom && y < bounds.Top;
+        var overflows = Math.Max(1, words.Count(w => Inside((w.Left + w.Right) / 2, (w.Top + w.Bottom) / 2)) / 20);
         foreach (var word in words)
         {
             var (x, y) = ((word.Left + word.Right) / 2, (word.Top + word.Bottom) / 2);
-            if (x <= bounds.Left || x >= bounds.Right || y <= bounds.Bottom || y >= bounds.Top)
+            if (!Inside(x, y))
                 continue;
             var band = (word.Top - word.Bottom) * 0.3;
-            if (vertical.Any(v => v.Position > word.Left + 1 && v.Position < word.Right - 1 && v.Start < y && v.End > y)
-                || horizontal.Any(h => h.Position > word.Bottom + band && h.Position < word.Top - band && h.Start < word.Right - 1 && h.End > word.Left + 1))
+            if (horizontal.Any(h => h.Position > word.Bottom + band && h.Position < word.Top - band && h.Start < word.Right - 1 && h.End > word.Left + 1))
                 return null;
+            var through = vertical.Where(v => v.Position > word.Left + 1 && v.Position < word.Right - 1 && v.Start < y && v.End > y).ToList();
+            if (through.Count > 0)
+            {
+                if (--overflows < 0)
+                    return null;
+                x = (word.Left + through.Min(v => v.Position)) / 2;
+            }
             var column = Math.Clamp(xs.FindLastIndex(e => e <= x), 0, columns - 1);
             var row = Math.Clamp(ys.FindLastIndex(e => e >= y), 0, rows - 1);
             cells[owner[row, column]].Words.Add(word);
diff --git a/tests/Filee.Engines.Tests/PdfTableTests.cs b/tests/Filee.Engines.Tests/PdfTableTests.cs
index 8930152a4..ead6295b6 100644
--- a/tests/Filee.Engines.Tests/PdfTableTests.cs
+++ b/tests/Filee.Engines.Tests/PdfTableTests.cs
@@ -163,6 +163,44 @@ public async Task Rules_drawn_as_bars_keep_their_weight_and_shading()
         Assert.Null(inner.Fill);
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public async Task Long_text_running_past_its_cell_stays_in_that_cell()
+    {
+        // A spreadsheet's measurement sheet (#138): one label is longer than its column, so its last word runs on past
+        // the cell's right rule, where the spreadsheet cut it off (the PDF only clips it).
+        var dir = fx.NewFolder();
+        var pdf = new PdfBuilder().NewPage();
+        double[] xs = [50, 200, 260, 400];
+        double[] ys = [100, 120, 140, 160, 180];
+        foreach (var y in ys)
+            pdf.Rule(xs[0], y, xs[^1], y);
+        foreach (var x in xs)
+            pdf.Rule(x, ys[0], x, ys[^1]);
+        string[][] cells =
+        [
+            ["Point of measurement", "Tol.", "M"],
+            ["Shoulder seam forward", "1/8", "1/2"],
+            ["Front neck drop at the collar notch", "1/8", "3 1/2"],
+            ["Collar point", "1/8", "3.5"],
+        ];
+        for (var r = 0; r < 4; r++)
+        {
+            for (var c = 0; c < 3; c++)
+                Cell(pdf, cells[r][c], c == 1 ? xs[c] + 16 : xs[c], ys[r], bold: r == 0); // tolerances sit mid-column
+        }
+        var label = pdf.Width(cells[2][0], 10, pdf.Font());
+        Assert.InRange(xs[0] + 4 + label, xs[1] + 2, xs[1] + 16); // its last word straddles the rule, short of the next text
+        var docx = await ConvertAsync(pdf.Save(Path.Combine(dir, "overflow.pdf")), "docx");
+
+        ValidPackage(docx);
+        var table = Assert.Single(ReadBack(docx).Sections.SelectMany(s => s.Blocks).OfType<HTable>());
+        var texts = Texts(table);
+        Assert.Equal(4, texts.Length);
+        Assert.Equal("Front neck drop at the collar notch", texts[2][0]);
+        Assert.Equal(["1/8", "3 1/2"], texts[2][1..]);
+        Assert.Equal(cells[3], texts[3]);
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public async Task Boxes_underlines_and_empty_grids_stay_text()
     {