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Image to Excel: a photo of a table becomes a spreadsheet
Image to Excel in iEdit reads a printed table in a photo on your iPhone, iPad or Android phone and writes it as an Excel spreadsheet (XLSX), with the text arranged in rows and columns. Recognition and writing happen on the device, with nothing uploaded.
Overview
Take a photo of a price list, a timetable or a results sheet, or pick one from your gallery, and iEdit writes an XLSX in which the table's text sits in cells. Columns on the page become columns in the sheet, so you can sort a list by name or add up a column of figures instead of typing them in again. Open the file in Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets.
Text recognition runs on your device in nine scripts, with the default following your app language. The tool is at its best on printed tables with straight rows and clear gaps between columns; the layout is approximate, so a dense table may need a column checked. Photograph the table flat, fill the frame and keep shadows off the page. Handwritten figures are not recognised.
Shopkeepers use it for a supplier's printed price list, teachers for a mark sheet, travellers for a timetable on a station wall. Nothing leaves the phone, so a printed financial summary can be converted on the spot. The spreadsheet saves to My files at no cost; sharing it is part of Premium.
Why people use it
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From paper to cells
Rows and columns of a printed table land in a sheet you can sort, filter and total.
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Read on your device
Text recognition runs on the phone in nine scripts; the photo is not uploaded.
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Opens in any spreadsheet app
The result is a standard XLSX for Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets.
How to use Image to Excel in iEdit
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Open iEdit and tap Image to Excel.
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Photograph the table, or pick a photo from your gallery.
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Wait while iEdit recognises the text and lays it out in cells.
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Open the XLSX from My files, or share it to Excel with Premium.
Frequently asked questions
How good does the photo need to be for Image to Excel?
Shoot the table flat, fill the frame and use even light without shadows. Printed tables with clear column gaps convert best; the layout is approximate, so check column boundaries on dense tables. Handwriting is not recognised, and a blurred photo gives a poor sheet.
Does the photo leave my phone during conversion?
No. Recognition uses the engine built into iOS or Android, or a Tesseract model you download once, and the XLSX is written by iEdit on the device. No server is involved, so the tool works offline and the photo stays in your gallery.
Is Image to Excel free?
Yes. Converting is free and the spreadsheet is saved to My files. Taking it out of iEdit, by sharing it to Excel or Sheets or saving it to Files, is part of iEdit Premium, an optional monthly subscription with a 3-day free trial.
Try Image to Excel in iEdit
Available for iPhone, iPad and Android.