How to extract data from a website to Excel
Four ways to get website data into Excel: copy and paste, the Excel From Web import, Google Sheets IMPORTHTML or a Chrome extension, with the limits of each.
Guides
Guides to getting data out of webpages
Step by step methods for common web data jobs, with and without Pulse, including the cases where another tool is the better choice.
How to capture an entire webpage, top to bottom
How to capture a whole webpage, not just the visible screen: the built in Chrome, Firefox and Edge options, a one click extension, and the pages that trip them up.
How to research a company online
A practical method for researching a company online: what to read on its website, how to confirm it in an official register, and where a research tool saves time.
How to extract tables from websites
How to pull a table off a webpage into CSV, Excel, Google Sheets or JSON, including tables built from cards and grids rather than table tags, and what goes wrong.
How to save a full webpage as a PDF
Three ways to save a whole webpage as a PDF: the browser Save as PDF option, a full page capture that keeps its look, or a clean report built from its content.
How to collect website data without coding
The no code ways to collect data from websites, from spreadsheet formulas to browser extensions and hosted platforms, and how to choose by volume and frequency.
How to select part of a webpage and get it in Excel
How to turn just the region you select on a webpage, one table, a price block or a data panel, into an Excel file, CSV or JSON without copying the whole page.
Webpage OCR: how to copy text from an image on a webpage
How to get editable text and tables out of images, charts and screenshots on a webpage in Chrome, what OCR can and cannot read, and how to check the result.
Choosing an OCR Chrome extension: what actually matters
What to look for in an OCR Chrome extension: tables versus plain text, where recognition runs, export formats, languages and limits.
Company research tool: research a company from its website
What a company research tool should give you, how Pulse Research builds a sourced company profile from the page you are on, and when a company database is the better fit.
How to extract text from an image
Free ways to get text out of an image or screenshot on Windows, Mac, iPhone, Android and in Chrome, what to do when it is a table, and how to check the result.
How to convert a picture of a table to Excel
Turn a photo, screenshot or scan of a table into editable Excel cells with the Data from Picture feature in Excel or Pulse Smart Snip, then check the figures.
How to capture a scrolling div or panel
Why full-page screenshots cut off chats, dashboards and long tables that scroll inside a panel, and practical ways to capture the whole panel in Chrome.
How to screenshot only part of a long webpage
Capture just one section of a long webpage that is taller than your screen, without the rest of the page: element screenshots, capture and crop, and a start-to-end range.
How to export a large web table to Excel, every row
Why copying a long web grid only gets the rows on screen, and how to get every row into Excel: built-in exports, the data behind the grid, and in-browser extraction.
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