How to Scan Documents into PDF on iPhone.
Find out how to scan documents with an iPhone and create high-quality PDF files.
It’s easier than ever to store documents digitally on your iPhone, avoiding the need to file, send or carry paper documents around. If you have an important document to share or save digitally, your iPhone can scan it to PDF quickly and efficiently. You may also want to make sure that any sensitive documents are secure. Fortunately, if you’re thinking of going paperless, there’s a practical way to keep your PDF files safe.
Learn how to scan documents to PDF with an iPhone in just a few steps below.
What You’ll Learn.
- How to Scan Documents with iPhone Using Adobe Scan.
- How to Save Scanned Documents as PDF on iPhone.
- Why Scan Documents with an iPhone? The Benefits.
- FAQs.
How to Scan Documents with iPhone Using Adobe Scan.
Saving and sending documents as a PDF file has a range of advantages. It’s one of the most compatible and secure file formats, making it ideal for sharing and collaboration. If you’re wondering how to scan a document as a PDF on an iPhone, there are a number of options.
Adobe Scan is one of the easiest and most intuitive ways to scan documents and save them as a PDF. Follow the steps below to learn how:
- Go to the App Store and install Adobe Scan.
- Launch the app and sign into your Adobe account.
- Using the slider, which is located below the camera, select the item you wish to scan.
- Take a photo of the document, book or whiteboard you’d like to scan. Adobe Scan automatically identifies its borders and captures the scan for you.
- Select Continue, or Retake to scan again.
- Once the app has captured the document, you can use the tools to drag and crop it into shape.
- Continue scanning if you have more pages to scan. Adobe Scan will group your scans into one file.
- Once you’ve finished, click to view your scanned images at the bottom right corner and edit until you’re happy. Create a custom title, adjust the white balance, add markups, and more.
- Click Save PDF to finalise your edits.
You can organise your scans into custom folders and sort by date or title on the app. Share high-quality PDFs to your favourite apps, copy to your device or save as a JPEG to give you more options.
What’s more, Adobe Scan intuitively saves your scanned PDFs to your Adobe account. View, edit and share your scanned documents from any Adobe Acrobat desktop, mobile or online application. Enjoy complete freedom to tweak, sign, collaborate and share your documents with ease, wherever you are.
Passwords protect your documents on the app for complete peace of mind. You can also secure PDFs with Acrobat online and Adobe Acrobat.
How to Save Scanned Documents as PDF on iPhone.
You can also scan documents with your iPhone into PDFs using the built-in tools. The iPhone features a native scanner within the Notes app, allowing you to scan and sign documents on your iPhone or iPad.
Simply follow the steps below to find out how:
- Launch the Notes app and open a note.
- Tap Camera > Scan Documents.
- Take a photo of your document to scan it.
- Select Save or add more scans to the document.
Optimise your scan by capturing the image in good lighting and on a flat surface. You can sign and complete forms by selecting Share > Markup. The Notes app will save your document as a PDF, which you can choose to share or upload anywhere you like.
By comparison, Adobe Scan automatically enhances scanned images with optical character recognition, brightening your scan to give you clear, professional results every time – even if they’re handwritten.
However, both apps allow you to scan and sign documents for free, making the Notes app on your iPhone another great option.
Why Scan Documents with an iPhone? The Benefits.
- Reduce paper waste. Cut down on the cost of sending and printing documents physically by going paperless. PDFs are a clutter-free and paper-free alternative. Add text to PDFs digitally, share via email and invite collaborators online.
- Accessible. PDF files are one of the easiest formats to share as they will never change their format. Attach to emails, share to cloud services and save to your devices with ease.
- Efficient. Need to fill and sign personal forms or communicate ideas with a client? Get perfect results quickly every time with Adobe Scan.
FAQs
Combining several scanned documents into a single PDF on iPhone is easier than you think. The simplest way is to use our Adobe Acrobat online PDF merger.
- Visit Adobe Merger. Open the Adobe Acrobat PDF merger online from any browser.
- Upload your files. Drop and drag the files you want to merge into the upload box. Alternatively, use the select files function and tap each one in your file browser. You can add additional files using the plus icon.
- Arrange your files. The combine PDF tool will order the PDFs based on the order of their upload. Simply drop and drag to re-order your files if necessary.
- Complete the merge. Tap the Combine button to complete the merge.
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