Instructions for the easiest way to scan documents into PDF files on Android

Today, owning a copy of documents on mobile devices is a necessity. Scan documents to help you find important documents and papers quickly and easily while also helping to minimize the mess.

If you are using a computer, follow this guide to convert Word files to PDF: How to quickly convert Word files to PDF?

In the past, if you wanted to scan a certain file, you would have to use it to your computer and printer with a series of operations. But with today's technology, there are many ways you can scan documents in a much simpler way, typically using smartphones. There are many mobile applications that allow you to scan documents into PDF files, but most of those applications will force you to pay for use if you don't want to see lots of ads. Fortunately, you won't need to use all those applications. All you need is an Android device and a Google Drive app. The following article will show you how to scan documents into PDF files on Android using Google Drive.

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Download Google Drive for Android to your device

Before starting the Scan document

The first thing you need to do is open the Google Drive application and create a folder to store the files you will scan into. Once you've created it, open that folder, click the + icon in the lower right corner of the device screen to open a dialog box. In it you will see a Camera icon with Scan text below. Click it to open the Camera on the device.

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Scan documents

After the Camera app is turned on on your Android device, you just need to press the capture button to scan the document. But before doing that, you need to align the document to get the best results. Follow these steps:

1. First, place the document on a plane with contrast to the document. For example, if you have a white file, put it on a black background. This will make the scan device clear the corners of the document.
2. Next, smooth the document, avoid curling the corner of the document, aligning the shooting angle so that it is perpendicular to the document.
3. Finally, make sure you have enough light to avoid shading the document and increasing the quality of the scan.

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Adjust your scans

After pressing the shutter button, the device will automatically scan and show you a preview. Here you can re-crop that scan so that it is reasonable. In addition, you can adjust the color as well as rotate the scan if needed.

If you want to scan multiple pages into a file, click the + icon in the lower left corner of the scan. Feel that the scan is not beautiful? Click the rotating arrow icon in the middle of the screen. If you are satisfied with the scan, click on the check mark √ in the lower right corner of the screen. At that time, the scan file will automatically save to Google Drive in PDF format.

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Advantages of scanning documents with Google Drive

There are certain advantages when scanning with Google Drive.

1. The first advantage is that you will be able to open that scan file at any device by opening Google Drive, whether on the phone or on the computer.
2. The second advantage is that you can completely backup that scan via cloud data.
3. Finally, you can easily find all of your scans through the search engine.

Create a shortcut for the Scan tool on the device's main screen

If you regularly scan documents, create a shortcut to the Google Drive Scan tool on the device's main screen by the following way:

1. Go to Widget section on Android device.
2. Find the Widget section called Drive Scan.
3. Press and hold Widget, then move to the place you want on the home screen.

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Epilogue

As mentioned above, there are many applications that can scan documents on Android, but using Google Drive is the simplest and easiest way. Do you use Google Drive to scan documents? If not, which application do you use to scan the most documents? Please let us know!