{"id":69933,"date":"2014-07-28T21:54:26","date_gmt":"2014-07-28T19:54:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onsoftware.en.softonic.com\/?p=69933"},"modified":"2025-07-02T00:34:48","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T07:34:48","slug":"scan-documents-with-camscanner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/scan-documents-with-camscanner\/","title":{"rendered":"Scan documents with CamScanner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Do you ever need to scan documents, but don’t have a scanner<\/strong>? It’s now possible to scan, edit, and send PDF copies of important documents with your mobile device.<\/p>\n

There are a lot of different apps that can help you scan, but they all differ in usability and quality. The best app that I’ve found, is CamScanner<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A good picture of a document<\/h3>\n

To take the best scan, the document shouldn’t be plastic or reflective, should have portrait orientation, and be as smooth as possible. Lighting is important<\/strong> so that there aren’t any shadows or unwanted glare. If there are any problems, you can edit the image after you’ve taken the photo.<\/p>\n

\"camscanner_start\"<\/p>\n

CamScanner makes its purpose obvious.<\/em><\/p>\n

CamScanner uses your device’s camera to scan, but also has other options to fine tune the scan.<\/p>\n

Edit your image<\/h3>\n

If you need to share documents, it’s important that they are good quality. CamScanner’s editing tools<\/strong> are great to fix problems. The auto-edit works well in CamScanner, and these improvements work in most cases.<\/p>\n

\"camscanner_sharing\"<\/p>\n

Examples of use by CamScanner.<\/em><\/p>\n

If you want to really optimize scans, learning the cropping settings is important.<\/p>\n

Crop the scan<\/h3>\n

Since CamScanner takes photo, it might include the background, like your desk or table top. CamScanner can automatically detect the difference<\/strong> between the document and the background. It’s also important to note that you can manually edit the image and crop the scan until it’s perfect.<\/p>\n

\"camscanner_cut\"<\/p>\n

It’s important to take a good photo, but editing can help too.<\/em><\/p>\n

Edit manually if necessary<\/h3>\n

You can edit a lot in CamScanner, including enhancing the document text and lighting. The app also has several presets already included<\/strong>. With manual editing, you can also change color settings like contrast and brightness.<\/p>\n

\"camscanner_tuning\"<\/p>\n

Automatic or manual editing.<\/em><\/p>\n

Make multi-page documents<\/h3>\n

If you’re scanning a multi-page document, CamScanner lets you combine<\/strong> them into one document in PDF format so that you don’t need to send each file separately.<\/p>\n

\"camscanner_original\"<\/p>\n

Make an unwanted change? Return to the original scan.<\/em><\/p>\n

Share or save<\/h3>\n

After you take the scan, you’ll probably either need to send or save it. CamScanner will export the scan<\/strong> as a PDF and send it to whoever you want.<\/p>\n

If the scan is for personal use, you can upload the file to cloud storage like Google Drive<\/a> or Dropbox<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Camscanner_register\"<\/p>\n

If you use CamScanner often, I’d recommend you make a user profile.<\/em><\/p>\n

Extra options<\/h3>\n

There are a few more cosmetic options in CamScanner. The app also has tags<\/strong> so that you can categorize documents or add people.<\/p>\n

\"camscanner_options\"<\/p>\n

A simple scanner that works<\/h3>\n

CamScanner is a simple replacement<\/strong> for a physical scanner. It might not have the same quality results as a physical scanner, but it works. If you have a lot of things you need to scan, this is a good app to use.<\/p>\n

Download CamScanner: Android<\/a> | iOS<\/a><\/p>\n

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Do you ever need to scan documents, but don’t have a scanner? It’s now possible to scan, edit, and send PDF copies of important documents with your mobile device. There are a lot of different apps that can help you scan, but they all differ in usability and quality. The best app that I’ve found, … Continue reading “Scan documents with CamScanner”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2040,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[],"tags":[2851],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-69933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-app-subdomain-redirectioncamscanner"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2040"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69933"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330448,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69933\/revisions\/330448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69933"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=69933"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=69933"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=69933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}