[X4U] Scan printed Excel files

[Paul Moortgat]

This morning (mine) I found this <http://www.onlineocr.net/> which I passed on to him.  I haven't got a reply, so I don't know what he will do.

Paul Moortgat


On 14 Apr 2012, at 01:12, Neil Laubenthal wrote:

> On Apr 13, 2012, at 2:42 PM,4/13, Paul Moortgat wrote:
>> A friend has overwritten some Excel files but has printed versions.  Is it possible to scan these and make normal Excel files from it?
>> If so, which is the best software to do?
>> 
>> Paul Moortgat
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> ABBY FineReader includes a "Scan to Excel" option; but I've never actually used it. I would imagine that it just OCRs the contents of the various cells and puts them into the corresponding cell…your friend will lose all the formulas, etc but I would imagine it works.
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> FineReader is like 100 bucks I think; but if it's just a few files and he doesn't mind sending the hard copies out I would give it a try to see if it works for him.
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