How to scan a document using your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch

(Pocket-lint) - You whitethorn not cognize it, but your iPhone, iPad and iPod interaction each person a hidden scanner embedded successful their software, allowing you to scan and nonstop documents without you needing a 3rd enactment app. There's besides a mode to motion a document.

There are of people a fig of 3rd enactment apps for scanning, immoderate of which connection immoderate utile features, but if you conscionable privation to scan and nonstop a document, oregon motion a papers utilizing conscionable your iPhone oregon iPad, here's however to bash it.

How to scan a papers connected your iPhone oregon iPad

To scan a papers utilizing your iPhone, iPad oregon iPod touch, travel these instructions:

1. Open the Notes app connected your iPhone, iPad oregon iPod touch
2. Create a caller Note
3. Tap the camera fastener icon (this appears astatine the bottommost erstwhile the keyboard isn't open)
4. Tap connected Scan Documents 
5. Place the papers you privation to scan successful presumption of the camera
6. You tin prime Auto successful the apical close corner. When this is selected, the camera volition automatically framework and scan your document.
7. If you are successful manual mode, enactment the papers up (a yellowish container appears astir it) and property the shutter button. 
8. Tap connected the scan successful the bottommost near country and pat connected the harvest tool 
9. You tin past resistance the corners to set your scan
10. Tap 'Done'
11. Then pat 'Save'.

You tin besides scan a papers utilizing the Mail app. Open Mail > Create a caller email > Press and clasp successful the contented container until the achromatic container appears > Tap the close arrow until you spot 'Scan Document' > Tap Save. You tin past nonstop the scan straight from Mail.

How to motion a papers utilizing your iPhone oregon iPad

It's besides imaginable to motion a papers utilizing your iPhone oregon iPad and portion it is simply a small much earthy if you person the Apple Pencil and a compatible iPad, it is casual with the an iPhone, iPad oregon iPod interaction too.

Follow the instructions beneath to motion a papers utilizing your iPhone, iPad oregon iPod touch:

1. Find the papers you privation to sign
2. Press and clasp connected the record name
3. Tap connected Share
4. Select 'Markup'
5. Tap the "+" successful the bottommost close corner
6. Tap Signature
7. Sign your sanction utilizing your finger, oregon Apple Pencil connected a compatible iPad
8. Tap 'Done' astatine the top
9. Drag your signature to wherever you privation it connected the document
10. Drag the corners of the container to marque your signature smaller
11. Tap 'Done' successful the apical near corner
12. Tap connected 'Save File To...'

Note: Once you make a signature, it volition beryllium an enactment the adjacent clip you spell to motion a papers truthful you tin conscionable prime it to adhd it to different document, oregon you tin take to adhd different signature.

How to scan a papers utilizing your iPhone oregon iPad to look connected your Mac

Apple has a diagnostic called Continuity that runs crossed its devices, from iPhone and iPad to Mac, allowing your devices to enactment amended together. You tin read each astir Continuity and everything it offers successful our abstracted feature.

One of the features of Continuity is the quality to scan a papers utilizing your iPhone oregon iPad and it look instantly connected your Mac though. Here's how: 

1. Open a supported exertion connected your Mac (such arsenic Mail, Messages, Notes)
2. Control-click successful the papers model wherever you privation to scanned papers to appear, oregon take File > Insert
3. You'll past request to prime 'Import oregon Insert from iPhone oregon iPad'
4. Then take 'Scan Document'
5. This volition unfastened the camera app connected your iPhone oregon iPad
6. Place the papers successful the presumption of your iPhone/iPad's camera
7. Save the scan
8. The scanned papers volition automatically look connected your Mac successful the exertion you opened astatine the start

Writing by Britta O'Boyle. Originally published connected 6 May 2021.