Convert TIFF to CSV

Convert TIFF to CSV when a table arrived as a scan from a document system or a fax and its data has to go into a records system. The scan turns into rows of values in a format almost any import accepts.

What happens when you convert TIFF to CSV

Recognised rows and columns are written into a delimited text file: values in quotes, one table row per line. CSV holds no borders, stamps, or signatures; only the data remains.

A TIFF scan is usually crisp, and printed digits on it read evenly; a skewed sheet, the grey background of a photocopy, and handwritten marks over the cells get in the way. When the page holds text rather than a table, the lines still reach the file, though the words spread into neighbouring fields. Split a multi-page file into pages before uploading.

• Values from the table on the scan build up rows in the file.
• The styling of the form does not carry over.
• With no readable text there is no file: the conversion ends with an error.

How to convert TIFF to CSV

1. Upload your file in TIFF.
2. Select CSV as the result format.
3. Start the conversion.
4. Open the file and check the values against the scan before importing.

When a table arrives as a scan

• Load line items from a scanned delivery note into your records.
• Move readings from a paper logbook scanned into an archive.
• Collect data from forms that came in by fax.
• Import a supplier price list that was sent as a scan.
• Bring together figures from old reports that survive only in TIFF.

Other options for TIFF files

• If the next step is counting in Excel, the TIFF to Excel (XLSX) converter is handier.
• When only the text is needed, use the TIFF to TXT converter.
• When the table sits in a PDF rather than a scan, the PDF to Excel (XLSX) converter is more accurate.

FAQ

How is the file laid out?

By ordinary CSV rules: values in quotes, one table row per line. Excel, LibreOffice, and import tools read it.

What about a multi-page TIFF?

Save the page you need as a separate file and upload that: the result then matches exactly that page.

Should the numbers be checked?

Yes, compare the key values with the scan: on a faint photocopy digits read worse than the rest of the text.