How to scan a document to PDF on iPhone
Most forms, landlords, schools and HR departments ask for a PDF. With a scanner app, your iPhone turns paper into one in a few seconds, with the pages cropped, straightened and ready to attach.
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Scan the pages
Tap Scan and hold your iPhone over each page in turn. ScanMojo captures each one automatically and keeps them together in order.
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Review before saving
Tap a page to crop or rotate it, or retake one that came out blurry. Save when the pages look right.
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Share as PDF
Open the document, tap Share, and choose PDF. The pages go out as a single PDF file.
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Send or save it
From the share sheet, attach the PDF to an email, send it in Messages, or choose Save to Files to keep a copy in iCloud Drive or on your iPhone.
Making the PDF easy to read
For forms and letters, the Auto look gives white paper and dark text while keeping colored stamps and logos. B&W makes the smallest, highest-contrast pages and suits plain text. Gray sits in between. Original leaves the colors exactly as the camera saw them, which is best for photos and drawings.
If a PDF is going to someone who will print it, check that the page is cropped to its real edges so it prints at the right size.
Scanning something you already photographed
If you snapped the page earlier with the Camera app, you don't need to scan it again. Import it from Photos and ScanMojo crops and cleans it the same way, then you can share it as a PDF.
Questions
Can I scan several pages into one PDF?
Yes. Keep scanning and every page goes into the same document, which shares as one PDF.
Does the PDF have a watermark?
No. PDFs exported from ScanMojo never carry a watermark, on the free version or Pro.
Can I put a password on the PDF?
Yes, with ScanMojo Pro: choose PDF with Password when you share.