How To Quickly Scan Documents in the Notes App

Did you know that your iPhone and iPad can Scan Documents and send them as PDFs? We’ve been scanning documents way before smartphones were available. The machines were clunky and expensive. With the new camera technology in your iPhone and iPad, it’s easy to turn any document into a digital version that’s always available.
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0:00 Intro
0:55 Set up your document
1:15 Auto Scan Document
2:52 Manual Scan Document
3:45 Re-take Scan
4:18 Review or edit Scan
4:51 Saving your scan
5:11 Prepare Scan to Send
6:22 Send document
6:46 Scan Text Feature
7:08 Scan Text in Messages
8:06 Scan Text in Mail
8:56 Conclusion
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I have 55 years in computers but I learn stuff new each day. It helps to practice this quick scan stuff so you can do it on the fly when youre on the phone or some other distracting circumstance.

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