# Paper to PDF

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](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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

{% embed url="<https://acrobat.adobe.com/us/en/mobile/scanner-app.html>" %}

{% hint style="info" %}
**Avoid shadows**\
Try to have multiple sources of even lighting to avoid shadows
{% endhint %}

### Step-by-Step

![Don't login with your school Google account. There's a bug with the redirect. Login using any account](/files/-M3cjD1_zBdms3cBjfB_)

![Now scan something and define the edges](/files/-M3cjv7tWQmURyrkVyvL)

![Save that PDF, it looks great!](/files/-M3cjzPcjw8f5efi6fe0)

![Share it](/files/-M3ckP4h-bW6lnJ-x6qP)

![](/files/-M3ckc0R0KwAE2o23cax)

![Select Google Drive](/files/-M3clQOLIkQUkwU5SFtl)

## 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 ![Google Drive](https://storage.googleapis.com/support-kms-prod/yXrLeXDVYikDbqJ0BEtFhbU53tE6fLQKcm9o).
2. In the bottom right, tap Add ![Add](https://storage.googleapis.com/support-kms-prod/jGbiJw2tGliUWOsg332Sj8KxyEiv3nsqQSfm).
3. Tap Scan ![Scan](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uXCvLeghdIvc_-LayhEsXWaDvN98b8QdMMJYGl4SUoSJQ94R3_AA5vblpovpGftDPA=w18-h18).
4. Take a photo of the document you'd like to scan.
   * **Adjust scan area:** Tap Crop ![Crop](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/HXsDDh-Rd6AUAUWd7vBai04nSnh5-i09vvjRuRoL6h4XZLiYVwpx6oMLHHbLJ740krI=w18).
   * **Take photo again:** Tap Re-scan current page ![Refresh](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/XwVxPk_MClIALLQ60e2JWrYIcs0J5SKv3Hym1D1-fFc7hgYhzT1rBdendi_KU7Jonjc=w18).
   * **Scan another page:** Tap Add ![Add](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/031izoDKMxdXAU77HRfxgztmGRusj8fE1D8SYiw0QMEeXPMgkVuaTHYKyfRSoYZI3xM1=w18-h18).
5. To save the finished document, tap Done ![Done](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/a5poOdcK43WUjbU8QOJ4anGUMU7OrAebejrDEe6v33mQflJwrRwi-bhhbH_Djdb-siU=w18).

{% embed url="<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs&hl=en_US>" %}


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