17. The method of claim 14 wherein: the specific action comprises counting a number of rows that are blank or have the sample text, in the table identified by the automatically searching.
14. A method of analyzing documents by using one or more computers, the method comprising: receiving first user input indicative of a user-specified directory in a user-specified file server storing a set of documents each of which is to be checked for a table that is identified by a specific table name, the table comprising cells arranged in a tabular form, the specific table name being located in a predetermined sequence relative to the table in each document among multiple documents in the set; wherein the multiple documents are created by copying a common template, and by overwriting sample text or blanks in the table identified by the specific table name in the multiple documents with user supplied text; wherein the multiple documents are stored in a binary format proprietary to a specific word-processor in one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media in the user-specified directory in the user-specified file server indicated by the first user input; receiving second user input indicative of at least the portion of the specific table name; receiving third user input selected from among multiple predetermined actions and identifying a specific action to be performed when the second user input is found to match the specific table name identifying the table, in any document in the set; converting each document in the set of documents from the binary format into an interoperable format used by different word-processors across different platforms; converting said each document from the interoperable format into a markup language; the one or more computers automatically searching the set of documents using at least tags in the markup language to find the table associated with the specific table name matching the second user input; the one or more computers performing at least the specific action identified by the third user input by use of at least the user supplied text comprised in the table identified by the automatically searching based on the second user input, at least once for each document in the multiple documents; and the one or more computers incrementally storing in a computer memory, at least the user supplied text or statistics thereof compiled across multiple documents into a collection, as a result of performance of at least the specific action.