OCR to Excel: structured rows, not a wall of text
Lido runs OCR to Excel in one step. Upload a PDF, image, or scan, name the columns you want, and download a spreadsheet. The text lands where it belongs.
OCR PDF to Excel, scanned or native, one page or thousands
OCR images to Excel: photos, screenshots, and scans
Prefer plain files? OCR to CSV or Google Sheets instead
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The invoice format is very, very difficult. Handwritten. In Vietnamese. Lido works perfectly.
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No templates or training. Just describe what you need.
Our drivers just like to hand write everything. We had 6 FTEs just processing driver tickets until we found Lido.
OCR to Excel overlaps with a family of terms: PDF data extraction, image to spreadsheet conversion, document data capture. Different names, same goal of turning a picture of data into data. Operations teams use it on delivery tickets, labs on test reports, warehouses on inventory counts, and finance teams on statements and remittances. The input side takes PDF, JPG, PNG, TIFF, and WebP; the output side writes Excel, Google Sheets, and CSV, or feeds an API for automation. Because Lido needs no zone templates or model training, a document type it has never seen still comes back as clean rows.
Frequently asked questions
What is OCR to Excel?
OCR reads the text in a PDF or image. The "to Excel" half is where most tools quit: they hand back a wall of text or a mangled grid. Lido finishes the job by mapping what it reads into columns you name, so the download opens as a usable spreadsheet.
Can I convert a PDF to Excel with OCR?
Yes. Scanned PDFs run through OCR first; native PDFs are read directly. Either way you define the columns once and every page lands as rows. A thousand-page file works the same as a one-page file.
Does it work on photos?
Yes. You can OCR a photo to Excel straight from your phone: snap the page, upload the image, and the fields come back in columns. Lighting and angle problems get absorbed, and anything uncertain is flagged by its confidence score.
How accurate is OCR to Excel conversion?
99%+ at the field level, including documents that mix print with handwriting. As one Lido sales engineer puts it: "Lido has extracted things that I cannot read." Every field carries a confidence score, so review time goes to the flagged few.
What documents can I OCR into Excel?
Printed tables, filled-in forms, lab reports, delivery tickets, inventory sheets, statements. If it holds data a spreadsheet should hold, it qualifies. PDFs, JPGs, PNGs, TIFFs, and scans all upload the same way.
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