diff --git a/src/textord/tablefind.cpp b/src/textord/tablefind.cpp
index a0c203ab0..7f674264f 100644
--- a/src/textord/tablefind.cpp
+++ b/src/textord/tablefind.cpp
@@ -265,14 +265,15 @@ void TableFinder::LocateTables(ColPartitionGrid* grid,
 
 #ifndef GRAPHICS_DISABLED
   if (textord_show_tables) {
-    ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(0, 300, "Column Partitions & Neighbors");
+    ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(0, 300,
+                                       "Step 1: Column Partitions & Neighbors");
     DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &clean_part_grid_, ScrollView::BLUE);
     DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &leader_and_ruling_grid_,
                          ScrollView::AQUAMARINE);
     DisplayColPartitionConnections(table_win, &clean_part_grid_,
                                    ScrollView::ORANGE);
 
-    table_win = MakeWindow(100, 300, "Fragmented Text");
+    table_win = MakeWindow(100, 300, "Step 2: Fragmented Text");
     DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &fragmented_text_grid_, ScrollView::BLUE);
   }
 #endif  // GRAPHICS_DISABLED
@@ -307,7 +308,8 @@ void TableFinder::LocateTables(ColPartitionGrid* grid,
 
 #ifndef GRAPHICS_DISABLED
   if (textord_tablefind_show_mark) {
-    ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(1200, 300, "Table Columns and Regions");
+    ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(1200, 300,
+                                       "Step 7: Table Columns and Regions");
     DisplayColSegments(table_win, &table_columns, ScrollView::DARK_TURQUOISE);
     DisplayColSegments(table_win, &table_regions, ScrollView::YELLOW);
   }
@@ -329,7 +331,8 @@ void TableFinder::LocateTables(ColPartitionGrid* grid,
 
 #ifndef GRAPHICS_DISABLED
     if (textord_show_tables) {
-      ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(1200, 300, "Detected Table Locations");
+      ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(1200, 300,
+                                         "Step 8: Detected Table Locations");
       DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &clean_part_grid_, ScrollView::BLUE);
       DisplayColSegments(table_win, &table_columns, ScrollView::KHAKI);
       table_grid_.DisplayBoxes(table_win);
@@ -343,7 +346,8 @@ void TableFinder::LocateTables(ColPartitionGrid* grid,
 
 #ifndef GRAPHICS_DISABLED
     if (textord_show_tables) {
-      ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(1400, 600, "Recognized Tables");
+      ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(1400, 600,
+                                         "Step 10: Recognized Tables");
       DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &clean_part_grid_,
                            ScrollView::BLUE, ScrollView::BLUE);
       table_grid_.DisplayBoxes(table_win);
@@ -358,7 +362,7 @@ void TableFinder::LocateTables(ColPartitionGrid* grid,
 
 #ifndef GRAPHICS_DISABLED
     if (textord_show_tables) {
-      ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(1500, 300, "Detected Tables");
+      ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(1500, 300, "Step 11: Detected Tables");
       DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &clean_part_grid_,
                            ScrollView::BLUE, ScrollView::BLUE);
       table_grid_.DisplayBoxes(table_win);
@@ -789,28 +793,32 @@ void TableFinder::FindNeighbors() {
 void TableFinder::MarkTablePartitions() {
   MarkPartitionsUsingLocalInformation();
   if (textord_tablefind_show_mark) {
-    ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(300, 300, "Initial Table Partitions");
+    ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(300, 300,
+                                       "Step 3: Initial Table Partitions");
     DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &clean_part_grid_, ScrollView::BLUE);
     DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &leader_and_ruling_grid_,
                          ScrollView::AQUAMARINE);
   }
   FilterFalseAlarms();
   if (textord_tablefind_show_mark) {
-    ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(600, 300, "Filtered Table Partitions");
+    ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(600, 300,
+                                       "Step 4: Filtered Table Partitions");
     DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &clean_part_grid_, ScrollView::BLUE);
     DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &leader_and_ruling_grid_,
                          ScrollView::AQUAMARINE);
   }
   SmoothTablePartitionRuns();
   if (textord_tablefind_show_mark) {
-    ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(900, 300, "Smoothed Table Partitions");
+    ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(900, 300,
+                                       "Step 5: Smoothed Table Partitions");
     DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &clean_part_grid_, ScrollView::BLUE);
     DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &leader_and_ruling_grid_,
                          ScrollView::AQUAMARINE);
   }
   FilterFalseAlarms();
   if (textord_tablefind_show_mark || textord_show_tables) {
-    ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(900, 300, "Final Table Partitions");
+    ScrollView* table_win = MakeWindow(900, 300,
+                                       "Step 6: Final Table Partitions");
     DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &clean_part_grid_, ScrollView::BLUE);
     DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &leader_and_ruling_grid_,
                          ScrollView::AQUAMARINE);
@@ -1815,13 +1823,13 @@ bool TableFinder::GapInXProjection(int* xprojection, int length) {
 //       (rejected before)
 // Overall, this just needs some more work.
 void TableFinder::RecognizeTables() {
-  ScrollView* table_win = nullptr;
-  if (textord_show_tables) {
-    table_win = MakeWindow(0, 0, "Table Structure");
-    DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &fragmented_text_grid_,
-                         ScrollView::BLUE, ScrollView::LIGHT_BLUE);
-    // table_grid_.DisplayBoxes(table_win);
-  }
+//   ScrollView* table_win = nullptr;
+//   if (textord_show_tables) {
+//     table_win = MakeWindow(0, 0, "Step 9: Table Structure");
+//     DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &fragmented_text_grid_,
+//                          ScrollView::BLUE, ScrollView::LIGHT_BLUE);
+//     // table_grid_.DisplayBoxes(table_win);
+//   }
 
 
   TableRecognizer recognizer;
@@ -1849,9 +1857,9 @@ void TableFinder::RecognizeTables() {
     // Process a table. Good tables are inserted into the grid again later on
     // We can't change boxes in the grid while it is running a search.
     if (table_structure != nullptr) {
-      if (textord_show_tables) {
-        table_structure->Display(table_win, ScrollView::LIME_GREEN);
-      }
+//       if (textord_show_tables) {
+//         table_structure->Display(table_win, ScrollView::LIME_GREEN);
+//       }
       found_table->set_bounding_box(table_structure->bounding_box());
       delete table_structure;
       good_it.add_after_then_move(found_table);
@@ -1997,6 +2005,25 @@ void TableFinder::DisplayColPartitionConnections(
 void TableFinder::MakeTableBlocks(ColPartitionGrid* grid,
                                   ColPartitionSet** all_columns,
                                   WidthCallback width_cb) {
+#ifndef GRAPHICS_DISABLED
+  ScrollView* table_win = nullptr;
+  if (textord_show_tables) {
+    table_win = MakeWindow(0, 0, "Step 12: Final tables");
+    DisplayColPartitions(table_win, &fragmented_text_grid_,
+                         ScrollView::BLUE, ScrollView::LIGHT_BLUE);
+  }
+#endif  // GRAPHICS_DISABLED
+  
+  // initializing recognizer in order to extract table row and columnd info
+  TableRecognizer recognizer;
+  {
+    recognizer.Init();
+    recognizer.set_line_grid(&leader_and_ruling_grid_);
+    recognizer.set_text_grid(&fragmented_text_grid_);
+    recognizer.set_max_text_height(global_median_xheight_ * 2.0);
+    recognizer.set_min_height(1.5 * gridheight());
+  }
+  
   // Since we have table blocks already, remove table tags from all
   // colpartitions
   GridSearch<ColPartition, ColPartition_CLIST, ColPartition_C_IT>
@@ -2053,8 +2080,26 @@ void TableFinder::MakeTableBlocks(ColPartitionGrid* grid,
       table_partition->set_flow(BTFT_CHAIN);
       table_partition->SetBlobTypes();
       grid->InsertBBox(true, true, table_partition);
+      
+      // Insert table columns and rows into an api accessible object
+      StructuredTable* table_structure = recognizer.RecognizeTable(table_box);
+      if (table_structure != nullptr) {
+#ifndef GRAPHICS_DISABLED
+      if (textord_show_tables) {
+        table_structure->Display(table_win, ScrollView::LIME_GREEN);
+      }
+#endif  // GRAPHICS_DISABLED
+        
+        delete table_structure;
+      }
     }
   }
+  
+#ifndef GRAPHICS_DISABLED
+  if (textord_show_tables) {
+    table_grid_.DisplayBoxes(table_win);
+  }
+#endif  // GRAPHICS_DISABLED
 }
 
 //////// ColSegment code