How to scan and send documents without a scanner

You don't need a scanner to send a document: your phone's camera and a scanner app turn paper into a clean PDF you can email or upload in about a minute. ScanMojo does it free on iPhone and Android, with no ads, no watermark and no account, so the PDF you send looks like it came off an office scanner, not a photo of your desk.

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    Set the page size once

    In Settings, set PDF Page Size to Letter or A4, whichever the people you send to use. New scans then export at that size, so they print cleanly on the other end.

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    Tap Scan and hold the phone over the page

    Lay the page on a surface darker than the paper. ScanMojo outlines the page and, with auto capture on, takes the shot once the camera is steady.

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    Scan every page into one document

    Turn to the next page and hold steady again; a four-page contract becomes one four-page PDF, not four photos. Finish when the last page is in.

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    Check it and save

    Crop or rotate any page, and pick B&W for crisp black text on white or Auto to keep logos and stamps in color. ScanMojo names the document from the text on its first page; rename it if the client expects a particular name.

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    Tap Share, then PDF

    Open the document and tap Share › PDF, then pick Mail, Gmail, Messages, WhatsApp or a cloud drive from your phone's share sheet. To upload it on a website, save it to your files first and pick it from there.

Making it look like an office scan

Most rejected phone scans fail for the same reasons: a shadow across the page, a thumb at the edge, a skewed angle. ScanMojo squares the page up, evens out shadows, and erases fingertips and staples from the page edges, so you can hold a page down on a car seat or a hotel desk and still send something neat.

Light helps more than anything. Scan near a window or under even ceiling light, and keep all four corners in view with a little margin around them.

When the document needs your signature

If a contract or form comes back to you for a signature, you can skip the printer too. With ScanMojo Pro, open the scan, tap Sign, draw your signature once and place it on the page, then share the signed PDF the same way. Without Pro, sign the paper by hand and scan it; it's still free.

Sending something other than a PDF

PDF is what most people expect, but Share also offers Images (JPG) for forms that only take a photo upload, and Text (TXT) when someone just needs the words. Word and Excel export are part of ScanMojo Pro.

Scans are made and kept on your phone and aren't uploaded to us. A document goes only where you send it.

Questions

Can I scan and send documents with just my phone?

Yes. Scan the pages with ScanMojo, tap Share › PDF, and send the PDF by email, message or any app on your phone. No scanner, printer or computer is needed.

Is it free?

Yes. Scanning, clean-up and PDF, image and text export are free on iPhone and Android, with no ads, no watermark and no scan limit. Signing and Word or Excel export are part of ScanMojo Pro.

How do I send several pages as one file?

Scan all the pages into the same document, one after another. When you share it as a PDF, every page is in that one file.

Do I need an internet connection?

Only to send the file. Scanning, clean-up and text recognition work offline on your phone.

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