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Invoice Recognition

Lidos invoice recognition app allows you to capture invoice data directly into a spreadsheet without the need for manual data entry, saving your team valuable time and money.

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Why you should use this

This online invoice recognition software converts invoice data to a spreadsheet and can dramatically streamline your accounting processes, making it easier to manage, analyze, and report invoice data. Lido's invoice recognition tool allows for quick data extraction from invoices, ensuring that all entries are accurately reflected in a spreadsheet format suitable for processing and analysis. This reduces the administrative burden and minimizes errors associated with manual data entry.

How it Works

Extracting data from an invoice has never been easier with Lido's invoice recognition app. Either draw a box around the section of the invoice data you want to add to your spreadsheet, or copy all of the invoice data (including multiple pages) at once to a spreadsheet.

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Upload Invoice PDF to Lido

Use Lido's PDF Import Tool or the built in Google Drive connector and select the invoice data you want to convert to a spreadsheet.

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Use the PDF importer or EXTRACTTABLESFROMPDF formula

Either draw a box visually around the section of the invoice data to scan, or use Lido's EXTRACTTABLESFROMPDF formula to pull tabular data from the invoice data into Lido's spreadsheet.

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EXTRACTTABLESFROMPDF(<drive-credential>,"path to file",<output cell>)

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Convert Invoice data to your Spreadsheet

Use Lido's app for extracting invoice data to convert your unstructured or structured invoice data into your spreadsheet.

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Tutorials to help you get started

Step-by-step instructions to guide you through setting up this automation in Lido.
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Who should use this

This tool is ideal for small business owners, freelance professionals, and legal teams who use Google Sheets and regularly handle a high volume of invoice data. If your manage multiple client accounts and you need a quick, accurate way to capture invoice data into a more manageable format, this automation is perfect for you. It's particularly valuable for those who need to maintain organized compliance records for easy access, reporting, and analysis purposes. Whether you are streamlining invoice processes, or conducting reviews, converting your invoice data to Google Sheets with this tool reduces manual data entry and increases accuracy.
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