Forward any email with a PDF attachment. Extracted data appears in your Google Sheet automatically. No manual upload, no CSV import, no intervention needed.
You get a dedicated email address (like invoices@yourcompany.pdftogooglesheets.co). Forward any email with a PDF attachment to that address — or set up an auto-forwarding rule in Gmail or Outlook. Lido extracts data from every PDF attachment and appends rows to your designated Google Sheet in real time.
No manual upload. No CSV files to import. No column formatting to fix. The data just appears in your Sheet, structured and ready to use.
Step 1: Create a Google Sheet where you want extracted data to land.
Step 2: Connect Lido and set the output destination to that Sheet.
Step 3: Get your dedicated intake email address.
Step 4: Set up an auto-forwarding rule in Gmail or Outlook so emails from specific senders (or with specific subjects) forward to the intake address automatically.
That's it. From this point forward, every matching email gets processed automatically. New rows appear in your Google Sheet within seconds of the email arriving.
Vendor invoices. Vendors email PDF invoices to your AP team. Set up a forwarding rule: any email from your top 20 vendors gets forwarded to the intake address. Invoice data — vendor name, invoice number, date, line items, total — appears in a shared Google Sheet that your AP team uses for processing and approval.
Monthly bank statements. Banks email monthly statements as PDF attachments. Forward them to your intake address and transaction data lands in a client-specific Google Sheet automatically. Accountants handling 10+ clients save hours every month.
Expense receipts. Employees forward receipt emails to a shared intake address. Receipt data — merchant, date, amount, category — populates an expense tracking Sheet. Finance reviews and approves directly in Sheets.
Supplier documents. Purchase orders, packing lists, shipping manifests — any recurring PDF that arrives by email can be routed to Google Sheets automatically. Operations teams get real-time visibility into incoming documents without anyone manually uploading files.
Gmail: Go to Settings → Forwarding → Add a forwarding address. Or use Gmail filters to forward only specific emails (e.g., from certain senders or with "invoice" in the subject).
Outlook: Create a rule under Home → Rules → Manage Rules. Forward emails matching your criteria to the intake address. Works with Outlook desktop, web, and Microsoft 365.
Any email provider: If your email supports forwarding rules, it works with Lido. The intake address is a standard email address — no special protocol or integration required.
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