I know that I can draw a table in Word or Excel and take a screenshot. I just want to ask if there is any direct way to do that.
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1A direct way to draw a table in Word or Excel and take a screenshot? ;) Guess we need a few more details to provide good recommendations. May I suggest you take a look at What is required for a question to contain "enough information"? – and then edit your question to add some more details? Tha would also significantly improve your chances to really good and matching recommendations. Thanks!– Izzy ♦Sep 3, 2014 at 18:46
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Do you specifically require a webapp? Or any software that you can run on your computer is fine? Please edit the question title and tags to reflect this. I have added an answer about a software you can install in Windows, as I take the liberty to assume that you're most likely using Windows.– ADTCSep 4, 2014 at 4:44
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Your particular use case is too rarely needed to find any special software to automate the entire process of converting a table to an image. In fact, the top three results for a web search of "table to image" give instructions that are going to take you longer than taking a screenshot and saving it as an image.
However, you can speed up part of the process by using a screenshot software. I recommend Greenshot.
Mac OS X already provides several screenshot shortcuts. You can use Cmd+Shift+4 then select an area to get the same effect. The image will be saved to your desktop.
You must configure Greenshot to automatically save screenshots to a particular location.
After the configuration, simply press the Print Screen key on your keyboard, then draw a box around the table. Greenshot will create the image file automatically.
Tips:
If the next table is fitting the same exact region (the box you drew), you can screenshot it even faster with Shift+Print Screen.
You can also change the various keyboard shortcuts to your liking in the General tab.
Greenshot can also upload the image automatically to Dropbox or Imgur.
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1Great. Putting each table into each page of Word, and use the Reading mode will match with this solution.– OokerSep 4, 2014 at 18:22
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@Ooker Thanks for accepting the solution. Mind editing your question title and tags to reflect that you just needed a software, not specifically a webapp? Thanks.– ADTCSep 5, 2014 at 0:05
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Well, I still want to have a webapp because of its convenience. But if there is no way to get the image without using a software, then I will accept this. Anyway, I will edit the title to make it more general.– OokerSep 5, 2014 at 0:16
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I don't know about out-of-the-box shortcuts in Linux (it will depend on your distro) but I'm sure you can get a convenient software for it.– ADTCSep 5, 2014 at 1:14