Table and Full Modes

Use Image to Table in Table mode when the source clearly contains rows and columns. Use Full when the page includes mixed content and you want more than just a table.

Open Extensions > Text To Table Converter > Selected Image to Table, or launch the same feature from the sidebar at Convert & Format > Selected Image to Table.

What You Can Do

• Rebuild tables from images: Convert screenshots, scans, photos, and PDF pages into editable tables.
• Extract broader page content: Use Full when the page includes headings, blocks of text, or mixed layout content.
• Preview before inserting: Check the active item before inserting the result.
• Clean up tables in Table Editor: In Table mode, open extracted tables in Table Editor before final insertion.

Quick Start

1. Open Selected Image to Table from the menu or sidebar.
2. Load the source from the current selection, upload, paste, or Google Drive™.
3. Choose Table or Full.
4. Preview the active item if needed.
5. Insert the result, or open it in Table Editor when you want to clean up a table first.

Tip

Use Table when the page already looks like a table. Use Full when the page includes text blocks or mixed layout content that should not be forced into rows and columns.

Load Sources

Selected Images in Docs and Slides

If you already have a supported image selected in Google Docs™ or Google Slides™, Image to Table can start from that selection directly.

1. Select the image in your document or presentation.
2. Open Extensions > Text To Table Converter > Selected Image to Table.
3. Review the loaded item, choose Table or Full, and run the extraction.

Upload, Paste, or Drive

Use the modal when you want to work from a local file, a copied screenshot, or a file in Google Drive™.

1. Open Selected Image to Table.
2. Upload an image or PDF, paste an image, or choose a file from Google Drive™.
3. If the source is a PDF, select the page or pages you want.
4. Choose Table or Full and continue with preview or extraction.

Note

Google Sheets™ does not support direct extraction from selected embedded images. In Sheets™, use upload, paste, Google Drive™, or PDF page selection instead.

Choose the Right Mode

Table

Use Table when the visible goal is an editable table.

• Best for screenshots of spreadsheets, scanned reports, dashboards, and printed tables
• Best when row and column structure matters
• Best when you want to continue cleanup in Table Editor

Full

Use Full when the page includes more than a simple table.

• Best for mixed page content
• Best when the source includes headings or text blocks
• Best when forcing everything into a grid would lose useful context

Tips for Better Results

• Use clear images with readable text and strong contrast.
• Crop to the important area when the page contains extra background or whitespace.
• For PDFs, select only the pages that contain useful content.
• Review the preview before inserting when the source quality is uneven.

Related Links

Queue and PDF Pages Use the shared queue for one or more images or selected PDF pages.

Documents in Google Sheets Extract structured documents into rows instead of a regular table.

Table Editor Review and clean up extracted tables before inserting them.

Extract Content from PDF or Image Use the separate OCR extractor when you want broader PDF or image content extraction.