Image or scanned PDF to text
Recognize printed text in screenshots, photos, and scanned pages, then copy or download plain text.
Document Extraction and OCR Tools
Start with the form of your source: image pixels need OCR, copied text needs parsing, and table-shaped data needs a row-and-column preview before export.
Choose by source and output
Image table to Excel
Use OCR for a screenshot or photo of a table, review reconstructed rows and columns, then export.
Copied text to Excel
Parse comma-, tab-, semicolon-, or pipe-delimited values into a spreadsheet preview.
PDF to editable document
Use when the desired output is a document rather than plain extracted text.
Extract a document summary
Identify key sentences from text-bearing PDFs in the browser.
Image-to-Excel cleanup guide
Learn how to check totals, dates, leading zeros, and OCR mistakes before export.
Extraction workflow comparison
| Source | Best starting point | What to verify |
|---|---|---|
| Screenshot or photo with prose | OCR | Spelling, line order, punctuation |
| Scanned PDF | OCR | Page order and recognition accuracy |
| Screenshot with a table | Image-table mode | Column boundaries, totals, dates |
| Copied delimited text | Text to Excel | Delimiter and header row |
Language, format, and accuracy limits
The OCR interface implements English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, English + French, and English + Spanish modes. It does not promise perfect recognition. Handwriting, low contrast, glare, angled photos, multi-column layouts, and decorative fonts can reduce accuracy.
Excel and CSV exports preserve values as rows and columns, not the original page styling. Always review high-impact fields such as names, dates, invoice totals, account numbers, and leading zeros.
Private processing, explained
Selected documents are processed in browser memory by the tools described as local. Language data and code libraries may be fetched from approved CDNs, but QuickMerge does not send your document bytes to a processing server. Read the full local-processing model.
Related extraction guides
See how to extract text from a scanned PDF, how to turn an image table into spreadsheet data, and the PDF-to-Word guide.
Frequently asked questions
When should I use OCR?
Use OCR when the source contains pixels rather than selectable text, such as a screenshot, camera photo, or scanned PDF.
Does OCR preserve layout?
OCR produces editable text and may not preserve columns, fonts, spacing, or table structure. Review the result before use.
How do I turn copied text into columns?
Use Text to Excel and choose or auto-detect a comma, tab, semicolon, or pipe delimiter.