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Convert an image to Excel

Turn a photo of a printed table, a scanned page or a screenshot into a clean Excel file. Our server reads it with English and Turkish OCR, rebuilds the rows and columns, and stores amounts as real numbers.

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How it works

How to convert an image to Excel

  1. 1

    Take a sharp photo

    Shoot the page straight on, in good light, with the table filling the frame. Screenshots work as they are.

  2. 2

    Add it to the tool

    Open the tool with a free account and drag the image in or paste it. Each image uses 1 OCR credit.

  3. 3

    Check it, fix it by typing

    The source card shows the OCR confidence. Click a cell to correct it, or type “replace Fixit with FixIt”. Changes are previewed and applied when you click Apply.

  4. 4

    Download the Excel file

    You get an .xlsx with the header frozen and filters on; totals stay live formulas. Downloading is free.

Real example

An expense report photo, from image to Excel

We made an image that looks like a phone photo of a printed expense report (1600×1200 JPEG, slightly tilted, shadowed corner) and ran it through Nexell's server engine. The names are made up; the output is real.

1In the photo

2In Nexell

  1. Photo read with OCR at 95% confidence: 5 columns, 9 rows. The title stayed out; the approval line came in as a row.
  2. delete rows where Category is emptyRemoved rows where Category is empty: the approval row is gone
  3. highlight rows where Amount is over 500Entire rows where Amount > 500 highlighted in yellow
  4. add a total rowTotal row added — uses SUBTOTAL in Excel, so it updates when filtered

Each command came back as a preview and changed the table only after Apply. OCR misread no cell in this shot.

3In Excel

E10fx=SUBTOTAL(109,E2:E9)
The Data sheet of the downloaded Excel file; rows 2 and 5 are highlighted by a conditional formatting rule
ABCDE
1RefVendorCategoryPaid byAmount
2EX-301Northwind MoversMovingCard$ 1,850.00
3EX-302Paper Trail StationersSuppliesCard$ 214.37
4EX-303Cedar Street DeliMealsCash$ 86.40
5EX-304Metro Cable & NetworkITInvoice$ 640.00
6EX-305Paper Trail StationersSuppliesCard$ 58.95
7EX-306Lakeside Pizza Co.MealsCard$ 112.80
8EX-307Fixit ElectricalRepairsInvoice$ 425.00
9EX-308Northwind MoversMovingInvoice$ 390.00
10Total$ 3,777.52
DataChart

Amount keeps its dollar format. The yellow rows are a real Excel conditional formatting rule (=$E2>500), so they follow your edits. The Chart sheet sums Amount by payment method with SUMIF and a column chart: Card 2,236.12 · Invoice 1,455.00 · Cash 86.40. Cost: 5 credits (OCR 1, conversion 1, three commands).

Produced with Nexell's server engine (Tesseract OCR, English + Turkish) on October 14, 2026; the values match the downloaded file.

Why Nexell

What Nexell does differently

A table, not a block of text

Words go into rows and columns by where they sit. A tilted or sideways page is straightened first.

Numbers stay numbers

Amounts like $1,850.00 or 189,90 are read with the right decimal separator and stored as numeric cells.

You see how sure it is

Each image shows its OCR confidence as a percentage. If it is low, check closely or retake the photo.

Fix misreads by typing

Click a cell or type “replace X with Y”. The rule-based engine gives the same result every time, and nothing changes until you approve it.

Several photos, one table

Shot a long list in parts? Add the photos together: the rows land in one table, with a Source column naming each photo.

Your image is not kept

OCR runs on our own server with open-source Tesseract. The image stays in memory only while processed: no disk, no database, no outside service.

Limits

What to know before you start

  • English and Turkish only. OCR reads, and requests are understood, only in these two languages.
  • Resolution decides the result. Our 1600×1200 photo came out clean. An 800×600 copy dropped to 70% confidence: $58.95 became 5895 and a row was lost. Upload the original, not a shrunken copy.
  • Frame the table. In our test a two-column letterhead added extra columns. Crop close to the table; a footer line is one command to delete.
  • Check US-style dates. Month-first dates (09/14/2026) are not recognized reliably yet; 2026-09-14 or 14.09.2026 become real Excel dates.
  • Printed text only. Handwriting is not read reliably.
  • No HEIC. Save iPhone HEIC photos, AVIF or SVG files as JPG or PNG first.
  • Size limits: Free plan files up to 10 MB and tables up to 5,000 rows. On every plan, OCR reads images up to 25 MB and 40 megapixels.

FAQ

Image to Excel: common questions

Is converting an image to Excel free?

The Free plan gives you 30 credits a month, no card needed. Each image uses 1 OCR credit; the conversion and each command use 1 credit per 10,000 rows. Downloading is free; if no text comes out, the OCR credit is returned. Images need a free account; the home page trial is for pasted text only.

Can I convert a JPG to Excel? What about PNG or screenshots?

Yes. JPG and PNG work best: only these two are straightened and cleaned up before reading. WebP, BMP and multi-page TIFF are read too, but in our test a BMP copy of a screenshot had three misread letters and the PNG had none.

Can I combine several photos into one table?

Yes. Add photos with the same column headers together: the rows go into one table, the header appears once, and a Source column shows each row's photo. Each photo uses its own OCR credit.

Is my image stored?

No. It is kept in memory only while it is processed. The server keeps just the credit record: job type, rows and pages.

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