Everything you need to know about scanning documents to PDF using your device camera with PDF Lab's scan tool
Go to Scan to PDF ToolThe Scan to PDF tool turns paper documents, receipts and notes into a PDF using your phone or tablet camera, or images you already have. You can crop and rotate each page, put them in order and download one PDF.
On a phone or tablet, tap the camera option to open your rear camera and take a photo of the page. Lay the document flat in good light and fill the frame. Repeat for each page. On a computer, you can choose images from your files instead.
Yes. Crop each shot to remove the table or background around the page, and rotate pages that came out sideways.
Yes. Add as many pages as you need, drag them into order, and they are combined into a single PDF. You can also choose to place 1, 2, 4, 6 or 9 images on each page.
Camera photos and common image formats: JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP and WebP.
Yes. A preview shows how the pages will look with your chosen layout, so you can fix the order or a crop before you download.
A scan is a picture of the page. To get the text out of it, run the PDF through OCR PDF, which reads the text in your browser so you can copy and edit it.
Yes. Camera scanning works in modern browsers on Android phones, iPhones and tablets, with no app to install. On computers, add images from your files.
Your images are sent over an encrypted connection to our own server only to build the PDF, which is returned to you straight away. They are not kept, and they are never sent to a third party. A PDF is stored only if you choose to share it as a link, and that link expires.