Paper to PDF

Scan a piece of paper from your phone and convert it into a PDF file.

Assuming you don't have access to a high-quality printer/scanner, we need to find alternative ways to take your paper and turn it into a scanned document, ready to be shared. Your phone most likely has a really powerful camera that we can use to make a PDF. Let's find a scanning app that works well for you and then send it up to our Google Drive. So you can share and store it.

Adobe Scan

Scan to PDF | Free document scanner app | Adobe Acrobat

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Step-by-Step

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Now scan something and define the edges

Save that PDF, it looks great!

Share it

Select Google Drive

Android Users

The Google Drive app on Android has a built-in scanner! Scan your files and add them to the correct folder all in one scan. What a time to be alive!

1. Open the Google Drive app .
2. In the bottom right, tap Add .
3. Tap Scan .
4. Take a photo of the document you'd like to scan.

   • Adjust scan area: Tap Crop .
   • Take photo again: Tap Re-scan current page .
   • Scan another page: Tap Add .
5. To save the finished document, tap Done .

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