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Convert JPG to Excel

by Hung Nguyen

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With Smallpdf’s tools, you can convert JPG to Excel spreadsheets for easy editing. Our conversion tools are free to use—no registration required.

Printing an Excel spreadsheet can be time-consuming, but this should ultimately be a straightforward process. However, that doesn’t mean everything you do with these documents will be similarly simple. If you scan a printed spreadsheet in the hopes of editing its contents, you may run into trouble when your scan results in a JPG document.

Unfortunately, the text and numbers appearing in JPG files can’t be directly edited; as a result, you may be unsure what to do in this situation. Luckily, Smallpdf can help you convert JPG to Excel spreadsheets with ease.

Every day, millions of documents are converted by Smallpdf’s online tools. When you use our website to convert JPG to PDF documents and PDF to Excel spreadsheets, the entire process will take just a few seconds. By following the steps listed below, you’ll have no trouble transforming your JPG image to Excel format.

How to Convert JPG Into Excel In Seconds

  1. Drag and drop the JPG to save it first to PDF.

  2. Click “Export As” and choose “Excel.”

  3. Click “Convert selectable text.”

  4. All done! Save the Excel file to your computer.

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How to convert JPG into the Excel format with ease

Unlike JPG, Excel is a fully editable format. After going through the process described above, you’ll be able to edit and delete existing text and numbers in your file or add new text/numbers to this document.

When you use Smallpdf to convert your JPG file to a PDF and then put that file into our PDF to Excel converter, you’ll never have to manually add information from a print-out to an Excel spreadsheet again!

OCR for Scanned JPGs

Our conversion tools can also extract text from JPG images with the help of Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology. While using this function, you can rest assured knowing every bit of text and every number visible in an image will be extracted, reconstructed, and placed in a brand-new Excel file.

Better yet, this tool isn’t limited to text in scanned documents. It can also process text in JPG photos taken using your mobile phone or a standalone digital camera.

OCR technology works by analyzing the pixels that make up an image and looking for patterns that resemble characters like letters and numbers. By comparing the patterns it finds to the patterns listed in a database, OCR systems can “read” the text appearing in an image. This technology can also use context clues like punctuation and word spacing to increase its odds of correctly converting text.

However, OCR-powered text conversion isn’t available to all Smallpdf users; instead, this option can only be accessed by people with a Smallpdf Pro subscription. If you’re a free Smallpdf user interested in seeing how OCR can help you convert an image to Excel format, you can give this feature (and other Pro-exclusive capabilities) a test run with our seven-day free trial!

Other Ways to Work With Your Documents

Along with our ability to convert files into Excel format, Smallpdf offers many other PDF-related tools. Here’s what you should know about features such as:

  • Excel to PDF. You already know that Smallpdf can convert PDFs to Excel files. As you might expect, our tools can turn Excel spreadsheets into PDFs just as easily.
  • PDF to JPG. Smallpdf users can also change PDF documents into JPG images. By combining this function with our Excel to PDF tool, you can effectively reverse the JPG to Excel conversion process described in this article.
  • Flatten PDF. In some situations, you may need to “flatten” your PDF by merging each of its layers into one. Our Flatten PDF tool can do just that—and that process will make your document more secure while reducing its file size.
  • AI PDF Summarizer. Artificial intelligence (AI) has already had a notable impact on the tech world, and Smallpdf is no exception. With our AI PDF Summarizer, you can get a quick summary of your PDF’s contents.
  • Chat with PDF. Do you need more information than a summary of your PDF can provide? If so, our AI-based Chat with PDF feature can help you get answers to any questions you have about your document.

While free users can use these features and others, there is a daily limit on how many times you can use Smallpdf’s tools without a paid subscription. Furthermore, some of our capabilities (such as editing text in our PDF Editor or using Strong compression with our Compress PDF tool) are available exclusively to paid users. To remove these limitations, sign up for a Smallpdf Pro membership or start a free trial!

Share Files the Easy Way

The PDF, JPG, and Excel formats are all easy to share thanks to their relatively small sizes. To further streamline your sharing process, Smallpdf boasts integrations with both Google Drive and Dropbox. Thanks to these capabilities, our users can import and export files to and from these platforms with zero difficulty.

Of course, these aren’t the only ways to share documents you’ve converted or edited with Smallpdf. After you’re done working with your file, just click the “Share” button on the results page. From that screen, you can copy a direct link to your file or share that link via popular apps like Facebook, Whatsapp, and X (formerly Twitter).

Smallpdf Share Menu

Convert Your Images to Spreadsheets

Converting JPG to Excel might sound like a hassle, but it doesn’t have to be. With Smallpdf’s services, you can convert JPG to PDF and PDF to Excel in mere moments. As a result, you’ll be able to spend less time thinking about the files you’re working with and more time focusing on your job.

Since Smallpdf’s tools are web-based, you’ll only need internet access to convert JPGs to Excel files or use any of the other features listed in this article. Smallpdf is also compatible with all standard operating systems, including Windows, Mac, and Linux. Plus, you won’t even need to create an account or share your email address to start using our services!

Hung Nguyen
Hung Nguyen
Senior Growth Marketing Manager @Smallpdf