Data entry just became easier! You can now take a picture of a printed data table and automatically convert it into a fully editable @msExcel spreadsheet. Rolling out to #Android users and coming soon to #iOS! Learn more: https://t.co/MLEsEidGA4 pic.twitter.com/4Bi3ulDLPx

— Microsoft Office News (@OfficeNews) February 28, 2019

The grad-school me, who spent months of his youth in moldering archives doing this by hand, weeps silently. But wow, what an amazing tool. (HT @hpostel) https://t.co/wlyMVhUU6D

— Michael Clemens (@m_clem) March 1, 2019

Uhm, I wouldn't trust ocr for a spreadsheet. One digit wrong and you're done. Unlike text where you can read the result and identify mistakes, with numbers the only way to identify mistakes is to cross check. One...by...One...

— Michalis Kamprianis (@KamprianisM) March 1, 2019

Okay @Microsoft you've excelled. https://t.co/QqSjdT8T0v

— DAN iLIC (@danilic) March 1, 2019

Software literally eating the world ? https://t.co/cVix7WA5qm

— Peter Skomoroch (@peteskomoroch) March 1, 2019

A blessing for data journalists https://t.co/l5leoLzojM

— Stuff Journalists Like ?✏️ (@JournalistsLike) March 1, 2019

This is the best news that anyone who ever has to work with Indian government data will get all year https://t.co/IYdyw2Ugr3

— Mihir Sharma (@mihirssharma) March 1, 2019

And the banking interns cheered, for they were free; and they cried, for their lives were without purpose. https://t.co/Lblljg3Ik8

— Jeremiah Lowin (@jlowin) March 1, 2019

It’s impressive how Microsoft continues to keep Office relevant and Excel way ahead of any competition. They could have easily got behind, but the Office team have been super savvy and pushed into iPad and mobile in clever ways https://t.co/7HfgwLPkdl

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) March 1, 2019

I wonder how many times this would find more utility as a variant of Paste Special (screenshots) v photo of a physical table? https://t.co/C5kiByoBzg

— Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) March 1, 2019

I am far too excited at this prospect https://t.co/LgMwpJWwk6

— James Ball (@jamesrbuk) March 1, 2019

Awesome now I can fire like three entry level employees who are digitizing our records and doing manual data entry https://t.co/ZuVh58twDx

— poliwonk hipster (@KStreetHipster) March 1, 2019

Shot; chaser https://t.co/B89TjaDBmv pic.twitter.com/5Cs06X3KFL

— Felix Salmon (@felixsalmon) March 2, 2019

I have not been this excited about a new feature in Excel since... huh, I don't think I've ever been genuinely excited about a new feature in Excel. This looks amazing! https://t.co/KhOfiS9RHa

— Simon Willison (@simonw) March 1, 2019

This is the greatest step forward in financial analysis since the spreadsheet. https://t.co/1XXPVGj1vr

— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) March 1, 2019

Then the robots came for the data entry jobs, and I did not speak out—
Because those jobs are the worst. https://t.co/0eppNj4CYP

— Alec Stapp ? ? (@alecstapp) March 2, 2019

Well, this is helpful... and also "Google Sheets years too late" all at the same time. https://t.co/bL7X8nfP7a

— Bärí A. Williams (@BariAWilliams) March 1, 2019

Microsoft starts rolling out ability to turn photos of table data into Excel spreadsheets | ZDNet https://t.co/NpUS7MEzUm

— Christophe Fiessinger (@cfiessinger) March 2, 2019

Microsoft starts rolling out ability to turn photos of table data into Excel spreadsheets https://t.co/uA90raUoqa

— Dan Pilling (@danpi) March 2, 2019

Microsoft starts rolling out ability to turn photos of table data into Excel spreadsheets https://t.co/owYhWv8Ris by @maryjofoley

— ZDNet (@ZDNet) March 2, 2019

Microsoft starts rolling out ability to turn photos of table data into Excel spreadsheets https://t.co/fndquRbQIp https://t.co/Zqb6Lr4SCa

— Everything Microsoft (@EverythingMS) March 2, 2019

Microsoft Excel now lets you convert photos of data tables into a fully editable tablehttps://t.co/a0jGu6DDZ0 pic.twitter.com/IGzYvrRCKA

— The Verge (@verge) March 1, 2019

Microsoft Excel will now let you snap a picture of a spreadsheet from an iOS or Android phone and import it into a fully editable table. Very useful feature. Details here: https://t.co/NjRAe4LZ4c pic.twitter.com/qGDvBrPIlT

— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) March 1, 2019

Microsoft Excel will now let you snap a picture of a spreadsheet and import it https://t.co/MOD59imQBk

— Jeff Teper (@jeffteper) March 2, 2019

종이에 손으로 막 써서 주면 파견직원들이 예쁘게 오피스 문서를 만들어주는 ‘도움방’이라는 제도는 한국IBM이 시초. 이 사무도급은 그 후 많은 기업들이 ‘업무지원센터’로 벤치마킹.
이제는 오피스앱이 그런 일을 직접 하겠다는 뉴스.
https://t.co/inpLszPUy7

— Goodhyun 김국현 (@goodhyun) March 3, 2019

Microsoft starts rolling out ability to turn photos of table data into Excel spreadsheets #cloudsecurity https://t.co/Yx1UUYeQIj

— Claudia Martín (@CLAVDIAmartin) March 3, 2019

What will this do to conference presentations? ? “Microsoft starts rolling out ability to turn photos of table data into Excel spreadsheets | ZDNet https://t.co/sgjGBZNXpo“

— Jesse Semchuck (@jessesem) March 3, 2019

Microsoft starts rolling out ability to turn photos of table data into Excel spreadsheets https://t.co/8hWdnf6UEP via @maryjofoley pic.twitter.com/FYiFO4RcnL

— Alistair Pugin | MVP #2GAS #RE365 (@AlistairPugin) March 2, 2019

Dang...that’s cool. Wish I had something like this years ago... we had to enter stuff manually...uphill. Both ways. In the snow. #getoffmylawn https://t.co/melKuNjRUi

— Jay Ferro (@jayferro) March 3, 2019

One small step for AI, one giant leap for Excel. Love this. https://t.co/NJVUBOdfpL

— Vineet Malhotra (@vineetwtr) March 2, 2019

We live in extraordinary times! Wow! :-) If I was still in banking / private equity, I would be drooling over this :-)

Microsoft Excel will now let you snap a picture of a spreadsheet and import it https://t.co/ZgG8eNzcIu

— Pratik Poddar (@pratikpoddar) March 3, 2019