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New Microsoft Excel Feature Could Be Useful For Some

Jun 20, 2019 | Blog

In the earliest days of the smartphone, there were only a few apps that people could use to perform genuinely useful work.  Sure, they were handy for keeping your contacts all in one place and reminding you of appointments, but beyond that, your pickings were fairly slim. That changed quickly with the explosion of apps that brought the smartphone into the mainstream.

In what felt like the blink of an eye, suddenly people found themselves able leverage their phones to do a broad range of work from anywhere.  While laptops are obviously still better for some things, the lines are continuing to blur.

Earlier this year, Microsoft took another step in that direction, adding an ‘Insert Data from Picture’ to Android devices, which suddenly opened a world of new possibilities for using smartphone users.  Unfortunately, Apple users were left out of the equation.

That, however, has changed.  Microsoft just announced that it’s porting the ‘Insert Data from Picture’ feature to the iOS system as well.  In fact, the process has already begun.

Whatever type of smart device you have, if you haven’t heard of the feature before now, here’s a quick overview:

  • Open Excel on your phone or tablet and tap the ‘Insert Data from Picture’ button
  • Tweak the capture field, zooming in on the data until a red border appears around it, then tap it to capture.
  • Excel will process the image data and convert it into a table.
  • From there, the software will give you an opportunity to correct any issues it discovered during the conversion process. You can choose to either ignore, edit, or correct it.
  • Once you’ve decided, press ‘Insert’ and Excel will finalize the data.

If you’re like most people, the first time you use it, you’ll wonder how you ever got along without it.  It is simply a superb addition to the software.

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