1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions comprising: instructions to receive 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; instructions to receive second user input indicative of at least a portion of the specific table name; instructions to receive 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; instructions to convert each document in the set of documents from the binary format into an interoperable format used by different word-processors across different platforms; instructions to convert said each document from the interoperable format into a markup language; instructions to automatically search the set of documents using at least tags in the markup language to find the table identified by the specific table name matching the second user input; instructions to perform 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 execution of the instructions to automatically search based on the second user input, at least once for each document in the multiple documents; and instructions to incrementally store in a computer memory, at least the user supplied text or statistics thereof compiled across multiple documents into a collection, as a result of execution of the instructions to perform.
1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media comprising a plurality of instructions, the plurality of instructions comprising: instructions to receive 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; instructions to receive second user input indicative of at least a portion of the specific table name; instructions to receive 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; instructions to convert each document in the set of documents from the binary format into an interoperable format used by different word-processors across different platforms; instructions to convert said each document from the interoperable format into a markup language; instructions to automatically search the set of documents using at least tags in the markup language to find the table identified by the specific table name matching the second user input; instructions to perform 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 execution of the instructions to automatically search based on the second user input, at least once for each document in the multiple documents; and instructions to incrementally store in a computer memory, at least the user supplied text or statistics thereof compiled across multiple documents into a collection, as a result of execution of the instructions to perform. 2. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media of claim 1 wherein: the second user input does not identify a position of the table in a page; and the plurality of instructions are independent of said position.