How do I turn a photo of a receipt into a spreadsheet table?
Photograph the document, drop the image into a chat, and ask for a table with the columns you want, such as item, price, and date. The tool returns clean rows, columns, and totals, ready to paste into your spreadsheet. Check the numbers once before you rely on them.
How to do it
- Photograph the document you'd otherwise retypeTake one photo of the receipt, whiteboard, or price list. A single clear image is enough.
- Drop the photo into the chatAdd the image to the conversation with the assistant instead of copying it cell by cell.
- Ask for a table and name the columnsWrite "turn this into a table" and specify the columns you need, for example item, price, date.
- Check the numbers, then paste into your spreadsheetThe table comes back with rows, columns, and totals. Verify the values once, then paste it into your spreadsheet.
Questions that come up
What kinds of documents does this work on?
The script mentions receipts, whiteboards, and price lists, so it handles handwritten notes as well as printed layouts. Any source where the information is already written down and you'd otherwise retype it cell by cell is a candidate for photographing and converting.
Why check the numbers if the machine does the typing?
Reading a photo can misread a digit or a smudged figure, so a quick pass over the values catches errors before they reach your spreadsheet. The point is to replace ten minutes of manual typing with one verification check, not to skip review entirely.
Can I choose which columns the table has?
Yes. You name the columns in your request, such as item, price, and date. The table is built around the columns you ask for, so you can tailor them to whatever the document contains and to how you want to paste it into your spreadsheet.
Full transcript
Stop retyping things that are already written down. One photo, one line — and it's a spreadsheet. Watch. A receipt, a whiteboard, a price list. You'd copy it cell by cell — ten minutes of typo territory. Drop the photo into the chat and add: turn this into a table — item, price, date. That's the whole trick. The table lands clean — rows, columns, totals — ready to paste into your spreadsheet. Check the numbers once, and you're done. Next time you catch yourself retyping — photograph it, ask for a table, and let the machine type.