> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.qxlabs.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# User input processors

These processors get raw data into your grid, typed by hand or pulled out of files.

**Manual Input** is the column you type into directly, and the one your imported data lands in. It is the only processor where you pick the column's data type: Text, Number, Boolean, Date, URL, or Email.

## Reading files

**Read PDF**, **Read Word File**, **Read PowerPoint**, and **Excel to Markdown** each turn a document into text, one file per cell. An empty cell shows an **Upload** button. Add the file, press the play icon to process it, and the cell becomes the document's text, ready for [AI columns](/grids/processors/ai) to extract from or summarize. Processing consumes the file, so to redo a cell you upload the file again.

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  <img className="hidden dark:block" src="https://mintcdn.com/qx-labs/ANUEumuRP1AOjziU/images/grids/processors/user-input/file-upload-cell-dark.png?fit=max&auto=format&n=ANUEumuRP1AOjziU&q=85&s=a4e7b5495171d3972b6ac9a40d11b00a" alt="A file upload cell with its upload and process controls" width="760" height="380" data-path="images/grids/processors/user-input/file-upload-cell-dark.png" />
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**Read PDF** has two modes. **Normal** is fast text extraction, and **AI Vision** reads the pages visually for scans, tables, and charts, at a higher credit cost.