Excel for Android: Import Data from a Printed Document Directly to Excel
Very often, we come across a table, in print, which we may wish to import into Excel. And, of course, it is painful to sit and enter the entire data into Excel. Now, your Microsoft Excel app for Android, allows you to do just that. Along with numbers, you can convert lists and recipes. And the entire process is very simple.
 
Just fire the app on your Android phone and open a new sheet (blank workbook). At the bottom of the screen, tap the ‘Data from Picture’ button (it's the 3x3 grid with a camera). If this is your first time using the tool, tap ‘Allow’ to give Microsoft permission to convert the image to data using Microsoft's online service. Then tap the red check button to convert the data. In a preview of the captured data, tap a red-highlighted cell and then tap ‘Edit’ to enter the missing information. Tap ‘Done’ after each change. You can also tap un-highlighted cells, to make corrections or changes. Once you are done, tap ‘Insert’ at the top, to place the data in your workbook.
 
This is a very cool feature on the Android app and is likely to appear on Excel for iOS very soon.
 
Comments
PRAVIN V
7 years ago
Not able to convert image to raw data reliably. Lot of data gets distorted. Even few characters are misinterpreted during conversion; so are numbers as well. There are few better apps than this. CSV / Tab formatting is slightly better.
Rahul T DeSai
7 years ago
Excel for Android was very interesting information.
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