Abstract: The present invention is a data entry system for extracting data from an image. The system displays a number of data capture windows corresponding to data fields employed in a data processing application, such as accounting software. The system allows the user to position the capture windows over the associated data in the image and automatically extracts the digital string under the window as the value of the associated data field. The system then submits all the data field values to the data processing application as if the user had entered them directly into a data entry screen in the data processing application.