Can you Convert a Picture to text in Excel?

OCR for Scanned JPGs

 

Our image converter can also take on scanned JPG images with Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. This function ensures that all text and numbers are extracted, reconstructed, and placed in a brand new Excel file. And it’s not only scanned documents we’re talking about; the tool can also process photos in JPG, taken using digital cameras, or even your mobile phone.

The output file will be in an editable format, for you to easily edit, change, delete, or add manually, using Microsoft Excel. And yes, the converter is free to use for your JPG needs.

Convert JPG to Excel on Mac, Windows, or Linux

 

Our website works online, which means you pretty much only need internet access to convert your file. As a versatile platform, the site is compatible with all standard operating systems. The image quality of the output file will always be top-notch, from pictures to data cells.

Modifying Excel Documents

 

There are also 20+ other PDF tools for you to enhance your output file further. You can convert the Excel file back to JPG using the very same process (through the converter, with PDF acting as the bridge).

The PDF converter also handles other widely used documents in the workplace, including PNG, PPT, and Word documents.

We can also compress, split, merge, or even delete single pages in any way that you like. Just remember that there’s a limit of 2 uses per day for free. To overcome this limitation, definitely check out how you can get a Pro membership.

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Both PDF files and JPG formats have been widely adopted, both for professional and casual usage. They are both compressed files, light enough to share, but still good enough to retain data in their original format, post-conversion.

To make the sharing process even more streamlined, Smallpdf has integrated with both Google Drive and Dropbox—as part of the brand new Dropbox extensions. Files can be imported and exported with ease, to and from these platforms.

Furthermore, on every result page, there is now an option for you to share your files via email or using a sharable link.

Can you Convert a Picture to text in Excel?

Are you familiar with OCR?  It stands for Optical Character Recognition.  Well in this post I will show you how to copy and paste numbers and text from a picture and paste them into an Excel Spreadsheet.  How cool is that?

You can see a video demonstration and tutorial at the bottom of the post.  Well, let’s get to it!!

The Problem

You have an annual report or some other document that you want to analyze, but the copy you can get only has images.  And you just don’t want to retype all the data into Excel.  What can you do?

The Breakdown

1) Paste into One Note

2) “Copy Text From Picture”

3) Paste Data in an Excel Spreadsheet

Step-by-Step

1) Copy Image and Paste into One Note

Find any image with text and/or numbers.    Then Copy and paste or insert the picture into OneNote.

Can you Convert a Picture to text in Excel?

NOTE: If you are having trouble with getting to much data and not being able to separate it, then check out the video and only grab a column at a time with an image editor, or check out this post on how to break up data in Excel.

The Best Way to Separate Address Text to Multiple Columns

For this example:

I am going to use a photo or image editor, and only copy and paste one column of data for “March” as you see here.

Can you Convert a Picture to text in Excel?

(You can copy and paste this column of data from the picture above directly into OneNote to try it out.)

2) Right Click on Image in One Note and Select “Copy Text From Picture”

Now that you have the picture in OneNote, right click on the image and choose “Copy Text from Picture” in the pop-up menu:

Can you Convert a Picture to text in Excel?

You have now digitized the data from a picture/image in OneNote into Text/Numbers.  It is being held in the Clipboard on your computer.

3) Open an Excel Spreadsheet and Paste the Data

The image has now been converted into text and can be pasted into Excel as it is in the Clipboard.  Simply open up Excel and press the paste button or press Ctrl+V.

You will now see the data in your Excel Spreadsheet.

Can you Convert a Picture to text in Excel?

It is just that simple!  How amazing is that?  Let me know what you think about it and how you could use this technique in the comments below.

Video Demonstration

Watch a video tutorial of this OCR technique here:

Let me know if you have any other awesome techniques like this in the comments below.  And thanks for being a fan!

Steve=True

How can I convert image to text?

Convert an image file.
On your computer, go to drive.google.com..
Right-click on the desired file..
Click Open with. Google Docs..
The image file will be converted to a Google Doc, but some formatting might not transfer: Bold, italics, font size, font type, and line breaks are most likely to be retained..

How do I convert a Picture to data in Excel?

Import data from a sample image file Right-click the following image and save a local copy, then click Data > Data From Picture > Picture From File and follow the on-screen instructions to convert the picture to data.

Can you extract text from an image in Excel?

Right-click the image and select the “Copy Text from Picture” option. Place the cursor where you want to paste the text and press Ctrl+V (press the Ctrl and V keys at the same time). Besides pasting the text into OneNote, you can paste it into a text editor such as Notepad or other applications such as Microsoft Excel.

Can you extract data from a Picture in Excel?

Import Data from a Picture to Excel : Step by Step To import the data, go to the Data tab > From Picture > Picture From File and select your picture. Tip: You can left click and drag from the pane header to undock it and make it bigger. To edit other cells, simply click on them and type.