What is Scan to PDF?
Scan to PDF turns phone-camera photos of documents into a tidy PDF. It corrects the orientation your phone recorded and gives contrast a small lift so the page reads more like a scan than a photo, then places each image on its own page.
Common uses
- Scanning with your phone. Photograph a receipt, form or certificate and turn it into a PDF without a scanner.
- Multi-page documents. Photograph several pages and combine them into one PDF, up to 20 images.
- Sideways photos. Phone photos often come out rotated; auto-rotation fixes the orientation.
- Submitting proofs. Prepare ID or address proofs as a single PDF for an online application.
| Input | JPG, JPEG or PNG photos |
|---|---|
| Output | One PDF, one image per page |
| Images per PDF | Up to 20 |
| Clean-up | Auto-rotate from the photo's orientation data and a small contrast boost |
| Not included | Edge detection or perspective straightening |
| Sign-up | Not required |
Tips for best results
- Shoot in good, even light and keep the page flat for the cleanest result.
- Fill the frame with the page; there is no automatic edge cropping.
- Run OCR PDF on the result if you need searchable text.
- Compress PDF can shrink a photo-heavy scan for email.