Scan several pages into one PDF

Scan up to 30 pages into a single PDF. Use your camera or photos, put the pages in order, and choose A4 or US Letter. Free, with nothing uploaded.

Before you start

A document with several pages is easier to send as one file. Add every page, up to 30, from the camera or from photos you already have. Then check them in a list: turn a page, drag its corners, move it up or down, or remove it. The PDF follows the order of the list.

Choose Color or Black & white for all the pages, then press Download PDF. The page size is Auto unless you change it under More options. Auto keeps each page in the shape of its scan, so a receipt stays a narrow strip. You can also choose A4 or US Letter.

Tips

Put the pages in order before you start, and photograph them one after another from the same height and in the same light, so they look alike in the PDF.

Forgot a page? Use "Add photos" or "Add pages with the camera" under the list, then move the new page to the right place with the arrow buttons.

If the form has a size limit, choose it under More options before you press Download PDF. Sharpness is lowered only as far as needed, and the result shows the size of the file.

A checklist for a document with many pages

Put the pages in order first, and photograph them one after another on the same plain surface, from the same height.

Keep the whole page in view each time, with a little space around it.

On the list, look at every page. The outline can be wrong, especially for a page that fills the whole frame. Press "Adjust corners" and drag the corners onto the page.

An open book or a two-page spread is outlined as one page. To scan each page on its own, photograph one page at a time.

Choose Color or Black & white. If the form has a limit, choose it under More options: as a guide, 30 pages under 2 MB is about 66 KB a page. Then press Download PDF.

Questions and answers

Can I mix camera pages and photos from my gallery?

Yes. Pages from the camera and pages from photos go into the same list, in the order you added them, and you can move them around.

I already have PDF files. Can I join them here?

No. This tool works from photos of pages and cannot open PDF files. It does not join PDFs. To make PDFs smaller, use Resize a PDF or document.

Why is my PDF over the limit?

A colour scan of many pages can be large. Choose "Black & white" for text, or a size limit under More options. The tool tells you if it could not reach the size.