diff --git a/pdf-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/exceltopdf/ExcelToPDFConverter.java b/pdf-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/exceltopdf/ExcelToPDFConverter.java
index b4013f0d49..97d7b36bd6 100644
--- a/pdf-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/exceltopdf/ExcelToPDFConverter.java
+++ b/pdf-2/src/main/java/com/baeldung/exceltopdf/ExcelToPDFConverter.java
@@ -88,24 +88,7 @@ public class ExcelToPDFConverter {
         Row headerRow = worksheet.getRow(0);
         for (int i = 0; i < headerRow.getPhysicalNumberOfCells(); i++) {
             Cell cell = headerRow.getCell(i);
-
-            String headerText;
-            switch (cell.getCellType()) {
-            case STRING:
-                headerText = cell.getStringCellValue();
-                break;
-            case NUMERIC:
-                headerText = String.valueOf(BigDecimal.valueOf(cell.getNumericCellValue()));
-                break;
-            case BLANK:
-                headerText = ""; // or null
-                break;
-            default:
-                logger.warn("Unsupported cell type: {}", cell.getCellType());
-                headerText = ""; // or throw an exception
-                break;
-            }
-
+            String headerText = getCellText(cell);
             PdfPCell headerCell = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(headerText, getCellStyle(cell)));
             setBackgroundColor(cell, headerCell);
             setCellAlignment(cell, headerCell);
@@ -113,6 +96,23 @@ public class ExcelToPDFConverter {
         }
     }
 
+    public static String getCellText(Cell cell) {
+        String cellValue;
+        switch (cell.getCellType()) {
+        case STRING:
+            cellValue = cell.getStringCellValue();
+            break;
+        case NUMERIC:
+            cellValue = String.valueOf(BigDecimal.valueOf(cell.getNumericCellValue()));
+            break;
+        case BLANK:
+        default:
+            cellValue = "";
+            break;
+        }
+        return cellValue;
+    }
+
     private static void addTableData(XSSFSheet worksheet, PdfPTable table) throws DocumentException, IOException {
         Iterator<Row> rowIterator = worksheet.iterator();
         while (rowIterator.hasNext()) {
@@ -122,14 +122,7 @@ public class ExcelToPDFConverter {
             }
             for (int i = 0; i < row.getPhysicalNumberOfCells(); i++) {
                 Cell cell = row.getCell(i);
-                String cellValue;
-                if (cell.getCellType() == CellType.STRING) {
-                    cellValue = cell.getStringCellValue();
-                } else if (cell.getCellType() == CellType.NUMERIC) {
-                    cellValue = String.valueOf(cell.getNumericCellValue());
-                } else {
-                    cellValue = "";
-                }
+                String cellValue = getCellText(cell);
                 PdfPCell cellPdf = new PdfPCell(new Phrase(cellValue, getCellStyle(cell)));
                 setBackgroundColor(cell, cellPdf);
                 setCellAlignment(cell, cellPdf);
diff --git a/pdf-2/src/main/resources/pdfsample.pdf b/pdf-2/src/main/resources/pdfsample.pdf
index 320931762a..6a47504513 100644
--- a/pdf-2/src/main/resources/pdfsample.pdf
+++ b/pdf-2/src/main/resources/pdfsample.pdf
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ endobj
 <</Type/Catalog/Pages 4 0 R>>
 endobj
 7 0 obj
-<</Producer(iText® 5.5.13.3 ©2000-2022 iText Group NV \(AGPL-version\))/CreationDate(D:20231213103259+08'00')/ModDate(D:20231213103259+08'00')>>
+<</Producer(iText® 5.5.13.3 ©2000-2022 iText Group NV \(AGPL-version\))/CreationDate(D:20231213174247+08'00')/ModDate(D:20231213174247+08'00')>>
 endobj
 xref
 0 8
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ xref
 0000001186 00000 n 
 0000001231 00000 n 
 trailer
-<</Size 8/Root 6 0 R/Info 7 0 R/ID [<f2e21b07de44685166b7f4df9920b8a2><f2e21b07de44685166b7f4df9920b8a2>]>>
+<</Size 8/Root 6 0 R/Info 7 0 R/ID [<6a28b1036b62f3808f3bfb62a88a5239><6a28b1036b62f3808f3bfb62a88a5239>]>>
 %iText-5.5.13.3
 startxref
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