How to extract data from scanned image/PDF to Excel (XLS/XLSX) with OCR

Do you want to extract data from scanned image/PDF to Excel (XLS/XLSX) spreadsheets so that you can perform calculations towards the data? If so, you can have a try of the application EEPDF Image PDF to Excel OCR Converter.

This OCR (Optical Character Recognition, a common method to digitize scanned images of handwritten and typewritten texts so that they can be edited, searched, etc.) application can extract tables from normal PDFs, scanned images, and scanned PDFs to editable Excel spreadsheets with easy operations.

In the following contents, you will see how to use this application to export data from scanned PDF/images to Excel document.

1.Download & install

Please free download EEPDF Image PDF to Excel OCR Converter by clicking the following button.

download EEPDF Image PDF to Excel OCR Converter

Then, please double click the setup file and follow the setup wizard to install this application on the computer. During the installation, you can allow it to create a shortcut on the desktop for your use convenience.

2. Add scanned PDF/images

After opening the application, you can add scanned PDFs or scanned images into it by clicking the Add File (s) button at bottom of the interface to open file picker window in which you can choose files. Or you can use drag and drop operations to add files.

3. Set parameters

In the drop-down list above the “Output Options” group box, you need to choose a proper OCR option according to the language of the scanned PDF documents or scanned images.

In “Output Options” group box, you can choose to convert every PDF page to single Excel spreadsheet respectively or all the PDF pages to a single Excel spreadsheet.

In “Output Formats” group box, you can choose to convert the scanned PDF/images to Microsoft Excel 97-2003 XLS and MS Excel 2007 XLSX documents.

In “Page Range” group box, you can set page range.

Please see it in the next snapshot.

convert scanned image or scanned PDF to Excel with EEPDF Image PDF to Excel OCR Converter

4. Start the conversion

To start the conversion, please click button Convert at bottom of interface. In the pop-up “Browse for Folder” window, please choose an output location and click the OK button.

Then, the conversion from scanned PDF/images to editable Excel will run itself.

Note: The trial version can only convert the first two PDF pages to  Excel spreadsheets.  You can get the full version of this application after you buy EEPDF Image PDF to Excel OCR Converter.

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