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Eight pages, in the order you'll want them. They cover the whole path — first launch, getting your data in, making the app do arithmetic for you, paying for it, and getting your data back out. If your question isn't here, write to us; the gaps you tell us about are what gets written next.

1. 1. Getting started with TableDI
   First launch to first chart in about ten minutes: open the sample workspace, import your own file, add a formula column, build a dashboard.
2. 2. Import Excel, CSV and JSON
   Get data into TableDI from Excel, CSV, JSON, a photo of a printed table, or a live database or API connection. Importing is never row-limited.
3. 3. Set up AI: bring your own API key
   TableDI runs AI on your own provider account. Where to put the key, which providers work, what it costs, and exactly what leaves your machine.
4. 4. The formula panel: VLOOKUP without writing VLOOKUP
   Pull a field from another table, sum by category, split and merge columns — with a four-step panel that writes the formula and leaves it readable.
5. 5. Activate your license and move between computers
   How to activate a TableDI license, how to move it to a new computer, and what each activation error message means.
6. 6. Back up and restore your data (.tdbk)
   Export everything in TableDI to one encrypted .tdbk file, restore it on another computer, and where your data actually sits on disk.
7. 7. Export limits on the free plan, explained
   The free plan exports the first 1,000 rows of a table. What that applies to, what it does not, and how to get everything out without paying.
8. 8. TableDI won't start
   What to do when TableDI shows an error at launch, hangs on the splash screen, or nothing happens at all: security software, ports, logs and how to send them.