Using Your Phone as a Scanner with CamScanner

Perhaps you worked out a complicated math or chemistry equation on paper and need to share it with your professor. Perhaps you signed a printed document and need to retain a copy for your own records. In these situations and more, your phone can be an excellent tool for capturing and sharing the work.

The CamScanner app is available for both iOS and Android. There are paid features, but you can do everything in this tutorial with the free version.

1. Open the app.
2. Press the camera to start a scan.
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3. Point your phone’s camera at the document you want. Press the Camera button.

4. Drag the edges or corners to crop the photo if necessary, then press Next.

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