How to Scan a Document With Your Smartphone to Make a PDF
In today's digital age, scanning documents has become a common and necessary task. This can be a cumbersome task when you only have access to a physical document, but with the availability of smartphones, scanning has become more accessible. With Android phones specifically, scanning a hardcopy document to PDF is easier than ever before.
For iPhones:
- Open your Notes app on your iPhone
- Select the new note option
- Tap on the camera icon. This will give you options to capture a document or a photo.
- Tap on the "Scan Documents" option, and the iPhone’s camera will scan and detect the edges of the document.
- Adjust the corners of the document shown on your screen until you are satisfied with its alignment.
Once the document has been aligned correctly, you can now save it as a PDF file.
- To do this, tap on the "Save" button located at the bottom right corner of your screen, and the scanned document will be stored in your chosen folder as a PDF file.
In conclusion, scanning a hard copy document to PDF has never been easier, as you can do it easily and quickly with your iPhone using the Notes app.
For Android Phones:
- Open the Google Drive app on your Android phone.
- Tap on the plus sign in the bottom right-hand corner and select "Scan." You will be prompted to give the app permissions to use your phone's camera.
- After granting access, place the document you want to scan on a flat surface, and position your phone camera over the document.
- Ensure that the edges of the document are in the frame
- Tap on the capture button, and continue capturing each page of the document until complete.
After capturing all the pages, you can choose to adjust the color, orientation, or crop the pages.
Once done, hit the checkmark in the top right-hand corner and select "save" to save the PDF in your Google Drive account. Scanning a hardcopy document to PDF using your Android phone has never been easier with the Google Drive app.