Table Capture
Table Capture is a free Chrome extension that allows users to copy entire HTML tables displayed on single Web pages and paste them in a spreadsheet or export them to Google Docs.
The extension appears as an icon in Chrome's URL bar when HTML tables are present on a page and lists them in a dropdown menu, which highlights the tables on mouse-over.
From the developer:
Chrome itself actually does a great job of copying tables to the clipboard when selecting, copying and pasting tables natively, but often selecting all of the cells is tedious and if you're a Google Docs user, this just saves time.
Product:
//Company:
//Version Tested:
//Release Date:
May 6, 2012
//Cost:
Free
//Open Sourced:
No
//Demo Available:
No
//Obsolete:
No
Our Reviews
Verdict:
Not suited for most basic computer-assisted reporting
Table Capture hindered by limited functionality, wonky UI
This spreadsheet-scraping Chrome extension can import basic spreadsheets, but little else. Unless you're a Google Doc die-hard, stick with Table2Clipboard, its more functional Firefox equivalent.
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Verdict:
Copies individual tables well; can't navigate multiple pages
Table Capture scrapes single pages of lobbyist data
Table Capture was able to copy individual tables for importing to Excel, but will not automatically scrape this entire 406-page database of South Dakota lobbyists.
READ OUR FULL TEST RESULT »Verdict:
Wrong software for this task
Table Capture can't scrape BC doctor's database
Because Table Capture was designed for single Web pages with HTML tables, it was stumped by this database of physicians in British Columbia.
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Can't identify table formatting; unable to copy any data
Table Capture can't find tables in PDF database
Table Capture is not designed to collect information from this database of linked PDF documents submitted to the Obama-Biden transition team and is simply the wrong tool for the job.
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Can't scrape search forms, multi-page databases
Table Capture no match for form-based teacher registry
While Table Capture can capture single HTML tables resulting from manual database searches, it was not designed to scrape multiple pages or search form databases like this teacher registry from British Columbia.
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