If you’re like most people, you probably use a smartphone to do things like take pictures and videos, listen to music, and read books. But what if you want to scan documents to PDF on your Android phone? There are a few ways to do this, but the best way is probably the easiest. First, open up the Google Play Store and search for “scan documents to pdf.” Once you find it, tap on it and select the “scan document” option. Now you’ll need to provide some information about the document you want to scan. For example, you might choose a document that’s in PDF format. After providing all of this information, your phone will start scanning the document. Once it’s done scanning, it’ll give you a result that looks like this: (PDF)
To start scanning everything from receipts to recipes, you only need an Android phone with a decent camera and the Google Drive app. That’s all there is to it. Let’s get scanning.
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First, open Google Drive on your Android device and make sure you’re signed in with your Google account. Tap the floating “+” button in the bottom right corner.
You’ll see a menu with some options. Select “Scan.”
The camera will immediately open—you may need to grant the app permission to use your camera first. Position the document so that it’s entirely in the frame, then snap the photo.
The next screen will ask you to confirm that you want to use the photo. Tap “OK” to proceed.
Google Drive will attempt to automatically crop and adjust the lighting. If it needs some help, you can manually adjust it with the crop and color buttons. To add another page to the document, tap the Add Page button.
Once all the pages are looking good, tap “Save” to finish.
Now you can give the file a name and choose which folder to save it to. The document will be saved as a PDF in the desired folder.
There are a slew of other apps in the Play Store that can do this, but Google Drive is the easiest, and many people already use it. Scanners are just another thing that smartphones have replaced. If only they could replace printers, too.
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