The numbers came out wrong. Here is where to look.
A converted statement can be wrong in three different ways: a digit was misread, an amount landed in the wrong column, or the figure arrived as text Excel will not add. All three leave a trace in the arithmetic. This page shows what the trace looks like and which cell to open first.
3 files in all free, up to 20 pages each and 30 pages in all · paid packs run up to 150 pages per file · files shredded after conversion
Underwriters reading borrower files
You need to know whether a twelve-month statement is dependable before you spread it, not after a credit committee asks.
Bookkeepers closing a client month
The balance in Excel has to match the balance in the PDF, or the reconciliation will not clear.
Auditors sampling a conversion
You need the questionable figures named and linked to the page, not a claim that the conversion went fine.
What this actually fixes
A misread digit still looks like a number
An 8 read as a 3 produces a cell that is perfectly well formed. Nothing about its appearance says it is wrong; only the balance around it does.
Columns shift by one on page breaks
When a statement splits across pages or the amount column has no header on the continuation, a description can land in the debit column and the row silently doubles a withdrawal.
Figures arrive as text
Amounts written as (1,240.00) or 1,240.00- often import as text. The column looks right, sums to zero, and the error is found weeks later.
What comes out
One upload, one set of compute-ready outputs — not a screenshot of a table.
Balance chain recomputed
Starting from the printed opening balance, every row is re-run: previous + deposit − withdrawal. The first row whose result misses the printed running balance is the first place to look, and it is named.
Rows listed, not summarised
Each break is listed with its row number, the figure as printed, the figure the arithmetic expected, and the difference — the amount, not a percentage.
The page behind the cell
Open a flagged row and the statement page appears with the region around that figure boxed, so the printed value can be read off the original.
Numbers typed as numbers
Parentheses, trailing minus signs, currency marks and thin spaces are handled on the way in, so a converted column adds up in Excel instead of summing to nothing.
Only you change a value
A corrected cell keeps the printed text beside the corrected one, with who changed it and when. The original reading is never overwritten.
Counts you can quote
The report states how many rows were read, how many were flagged and how many a person confirmed. It does not state an accuracy figure.
Documents we read
Native PDF, scan, phone photo, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CSV, HTML, email or image.
How it works
Convert the statement
Upload the PDF or scan. A free account converts 100 pages in all across up to 5 files; plans carry 3,000 pages a month and up.
Read the first break, not the whole file
The result opens on the earliest row where the balance stops tying. Fixing or confirming it usually explains a run of later breaks.
Open the page, then decide
The source region is shown next to the cell. Confirm the figure, or type the printed one. Nothing is changed on your behalf.
Export once the chain is clean
Excel, CSV or QBO, with the confirmed and corrected cells marked so a reader can see which figures a person touched.
Every plan, every audience
- One file = one credit, up to 150 pages on a paid pack
- No merged cells; numbers arrive as numbers
- Every extracted value traces back to its source page
- Files shredded after conversion, never used for training
- A fresh file allowance every billing cycle; cancel anytime
- An optional hash-bound certificate anyone can verify for free
Questions
Why are the numbers wrong in the first place?+
Usually a misread character, a column that shifted at a page break, or an amount that arrived as text. A scanned or faxed statement adds skew, shadow and low resolution, which raise the misread rate. The balance chain catches most of the first two, and the type of each cell catches the third.
Can it tell me which cells it is unsure about?+
Yes, in two ways. A cell whose reading breaks the arithmetic is flagged, and a cell where a second reading disagrees is flagged with both readings shown. What it cannot do is give a reliable per-cell confidence score, so it does not pretend to.
The total is out by a small amount. Is that rounding?+
Statements print exact figures, so a small difference is still a difference. Each flag states the printed figure, the expected figure and the exact gap between them, with no rounding applied to either side.
Will fixing one cell change my other figures?+
No. A correction applies to the cell you are in. If the correction alters the balance for later rows, those rows are re-tested and the results update, and the change is recorded against your name and the time.
Does it work with a photo or a scan?+
It does, with more flags than a native PDF. The arithmetic check does not get weaker because the source is an image, which is why scans are worth running through it.
Run your next file
Upload the document, get compute-ready output with the source page behind every number. 5 files in all are free.