iCreate - UK (2019-08)

Any spreadsheet data you photograph is sent to Microsoft for processing but

the company promises to respect your privacy and security.

Edit your captured data

Before the data is inserted within

your spreadsheet, Excel may flag

up entries that need your attention

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Correctany mistakes

If you’relucky,thedatawillhavecaptured

perfectlybutif Excelis unsureaboutcertain

entries,it willhighlightthemin pinkandallow

youto easilymakeamendments.

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Insertthedata

Onceyouarehappythatthedatahas

beencapturedcorrectly,youcangoright

aheadandtaptheInsertbutton.If you’dlike

anotherstabat it, tapthe‘X’iconin thecorner.

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Checkall’swell

Thedatawillnowbeinsertedintoa

spreadsheetworkbookandyoucangiveit the

onceoverto makesureit’sall correct.If so,

thenyou’vejustsavedyourselfa lotof time!

What data works best?

In general,wefoundfarfewerproblems

whenwewereworkingwithprinted

data– thatis,wordsandnumberson

a sheetof paper.Wealsotriedtakinga

snapshotof dataonthescreenof one

of ouriMacsanddiscoveredthat,by

andlarge,thisworkedwelltoo.Excel

hadmoreof anissuewhenweused

datascribbledonto a pieceof paper.

Knowledge base

Make an edit

Select the Edit button and you

will be shown the iOS keyboard.

Enter the correct information for

that cell and tap ‘Done’.

Copy some data

You can select any cell in this preview

and tap ‘Copy’. If you hold down,

then you can also make use of the

Select and Select All functions for

swift editing.

Uncertain data

Even though it looks clear to us,

Excel has had trouble identifying

this particular number. As a

result, it has left a spreadsheet

cell blank.

Ignore a

troublesome entry

It may be that data which is

flagged for your attention is

actually correct. In which case

you can tap ‘Ignore’.

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