Microsoft recently added a new optical character recognition feature to Excel that lets users import data from a photograph taken from a smartphone. Here's how to use it.

First, launch Microsoft Excel and open the Excel sheet in which you want to import a PDF. After that, move to the Insert menu from the top ribbon and then press the Text drop-down button.

Importing Data Into Microsoft Excel 2007 From Databases and Web Sites Simplify the way you move data into a spreadsheet.