Course · 7 chapters

Turn Documents into Data

The one skill hiding under half your weekly grunt work: turning any pile of documents into a clean, checked spreadsheet, and then into a report someone can act on, using the AI chat tools you already have.

Paidfoundations7 chapters94 minEnglish + 6 languagesCertificate on completion

What you'll be able to do

  • Upload one contract or invoice, ask for the fields you need, and paste a clean table into your sheet.
  • Specify columns, formats, and what counts as missing so the answer arrives ready to paste, not as a paragraph to retype.
  • Run a whole folder through one chat, in batches that respect the tool's limits, and land one row per document in a single worksheet.
  • Demand a page reference for every field, treat a suspiciously clean batch as a warning sign, and check three documents before you trust the rest.
  • Turn hundreds of open-text comments into named themes with counts and real quotes, using a sample-first template that scales to any batch.
  • Turn a checked spreadsheet into a comparison, a red-flag list, and a one-page summary a leadership meeting can act on.

What's inside

  1. 1
    Turn Documents into Data: Start Here

    The six-chapter loop that turns any pile of PDFs, invoices, and open text into a checked spreadsheet, and then into a report someone can act on.

    9 min
  2. 2
    Your First Extraction

    Upload one contract or invoice, ask for the fields you need, and paste a clean table into your sheet.

    15 min
  3. 3
    Ask for a Table, Get a Table

    Specify columns, formats, and what counts as missing so the answer arrives ready to paste, not as a paragraph to retype.

    14 min
  4. 4
    Twenty Documents in One Go

    Run a whole folder through one chat, in batches that respect the tool's limits, and land one row per document in a single worksheet.

    14 min
  5. 5
    Trust, but Spot-Check

    Demand a page reference for every field, treat a suspiciously clean batch as a warning sign, and check three documents before you trust the rest.

    14 min
  6. 6
    Survey Comments and Other Messy Text

    Turn hundreds of open-text comments into named themes with counts and real quotes, using a sample-first template that scales to any batch.

    14 min
  7. 7
    From Table to Report

    Turn a checked spreadsheet into a comparison, a red-flag list, and a one-page summary a leadership meeting can act on.

    14 min

Earn a certificate

Complete all chapters to receive your certificate of completion.