Convert TIFF to XLSX
Convert TIFF to XLSX to lay a scanned table across Excel cells where it can be totalled and sorted.
Convert TIFF to XLSX to move a table from a scan into an Excel workbook. The values end up in cells, and totals are counted again instead of being retyped.
What happens when you convert TIFF to XLSX
Recognised rows and columns are laid out across the cells of a workbook. When the page holds text rather than a table, the lines still take their own rows, though the words may spread into neighbouring columns.
A TIFF scan is crisp, and printed digits on it read evenly; a skewed sheet, the grey background of a photocopy, and marks over the cells read worse. The styling of the form does not reach the workbook: borders, stamps, and signatures stay on the scan. Split a multi-page file into pages before uploading.
- Values from the scan land in cells and work with formulas.
- The styling of the source table is not reproduced.
- With no readable text there is no file: the conversion ends with an error.
How to convert TIFF to XLSX
- Upload your file in TIFF.
- Select XLSX as the result format.
- Start the conversion.
- Open the workbook in Excel and check the values against the scan.
Where such tables come from
- Recalculate in Excel an estimate that survives only as a scan.
- Move readings from a scanned logbook into a workbook.
- Bring together the data of forms from a document archive.
- Check the totals of a report that came in by fax.
- Digitise a table from old documentation kept in TIFF.
Other options for TIFF files
- For import into another system the TIFF to CSV converter is handier.
- When only the text is needed, use the TIFF to TXT converter.
- To place the scan itself into a document, use the TIFF to Word (DOCX) converter.
FAQ
Is the table styling kept?
No. Values go into the workbook, while borders and colours are set again in Excel.
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.
What if the values drifted into separate columns?
That happens when the table borders are not visible on the scan. Scan the table whole, with its rules and headers, or join the values back in Excel.
More about the formats
What the format is, how to open it and how it differs from the others.