Can Excel turn a photo of a printed price list into cells?
A supplier hands you a printed price list and now you're typing it into a spreadsheet. If you already use Excel for Microsoft 365, try its existing Data from Picture feature before retyping the rows. On Windows, take a clear, straight-on photo of just the table, then choose Data > From Picture > Picture From File. For a screenshot you've copied, choose Picture From Clipboard instead. Excel analyzes the image and lets you correct the results before you select Insert Data. Microsoft's guide lists Windows 11 or Windows 10 version 1903 onward, with Microsoft Edge WebView2 Runtime installed. I'd start with one page and compare the item codes and prices against the original before using it for a quote. A missing decimal can be more expensive than the typing. Keep the picture until you've checked the cells. This is a documented feature, not a hands-on test or a new launch. The useful result is an editable table you can work with, rather than another picture to pass around.
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I'd check the writing on the supplier's list before promising this route. Microsoft's guide explicitly limits supported character sets; its list doesn't include Arabic, Chinese or Japanese. A clear photo doesn't remove that documented limit. If the list mixes English item codes with descriptions in an unsupported script, I'd ask the supplier for a spreadsheet rather than assume the recognized numbers make the whole table trustworthy. That's a limitation in the documentation, not a failed import I've tested. The person placing the order needs to know what each row describes, not just what it costs.
I'd leave the pricing heading in the photo, even if it sits just above the table. Someone cropping tightly on a phone could cut off ‘per box of 12’ and still get a perfectly readable column of prices. Before using the imported sheet for a quote, put that unit beside the price column rather than leaving it only in the picture. That's a capture habit I'd recommend, not an Excel error I've observed. Correct digits can still leave the next person guessing what they're buying.
I'd check that each price still belongs to the right item after insertion, not just that the numbers add up. Two prices swapped between rows leave the column total unchanged but can produce two wrong quotes. For a first-page trial, include correction and checking time when deciding whether this beats typing. If it doesn't, asking the supplier for the original spreadsheet may save more work than improving the photo.