TabloraCapture the complete table
Place the page flat and hold the camera roughly parallel to it. Use even lighting, avoid glare and keep your hands or phone shadow away from the data. Retain the header row and the edges needed to understand the table.
Do not crop away minus signs, currency labels or a date column to make the image look cleaner. A close crop that loses context can make a correct-looking value ambiguous later.
Check row alignment before individual digits
After reading the image, compare the first and last rows, then a row near the middle. Confirm that a description has not wrapped into a second record and that an empty cell has not pulled later values into the wrong column.
For a hypothetical price list, compare item code, quantity and unit price on the same line. Correcting an OCR digit without checking that line's identity can attach a correct price to the wrong item.
Review difficult cells against the page
Tablora marks uncertain readings beside the source and allows cell edits before export. Treat those highlights as useful review prompts, not a guarantee that every unmarked cell is correct. Check high-impact amounts and identifiers regardless of highlight colour.
If many rows are misaligned, try a better capture before repairing a large table manually. Keep the original photo with the extracted output until you have checked the spreadsheet. Reading and editing are free in Tablora; exporting XLSX or CSV requires Pro.
- Keep repeated headers visible when capturing a new page.
- Inspect decimal points and negatives.
- Review the exported result in the spreadsheet you will use.