Convert your images (JPG, PNG, TIFF) into a single PDF document. No uploads, fully client-side.
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Choose the paper size for your PDF.
Set the page orientation.
Set the margin around each image on the PDF page.
If unchecked, each image will become a separate PDF.
In our increasingly digital world, physical paper documents can feel like a major inconvenience. Receipts, notes, contracts, and IDs are easy to lose, hard to share, and take up valuable space. However, you don’t need a bulky, expensive office scanner to digitize your life. To solve this common problem, our free online Scan to PDF tool turns your smartphone or computer’s camera into a powerful, portable PDF scanner.
This essential utility is designed for students, professionals, and anyone who needs to quickly digitize physical documents. In fact, it allows you to take pictures of your papers or upload existing images and instantly combine them into a single, clean, professional-quality PDF file. Consequently, you can archive, share, and manage your important documents with ease, all from the convenience of your web browser.
An online Scan to PDF tool is a web-based application that uses your device’s camera or uploaded image files to create a PDF document. It effectively bridges the gap between the physical and digital worlds, offering the functionality of a flatbed scanner without requiring any special hardware or software installation.
While paper has its place, it comes with significant downsides. Firstly, physical documents are vulnerable; they can be lost, damaged by water, or fade over time. Secondly, sharing a physical document requires faxing, mailing, or scanning with office equipment, which is often slow and inconvenient. Furthermore, organizing and searching through stacks of paper is a highly inefficient process.
Our Scan to PDF tool solves these problems by creating a secure, universally accessible digital copy of your documents. A PDF is:
Permanent: A digital archive that won’t degrade.
Searchable (if OCR is applied): Making information easy to find.
Easy to Share: Can be sent via email, messaging apps, or cloud services.
This move towards digital documents is a core part of modern efficiency, a concept that business publications like Forbes frequently highlight as key to productivity.
We designed this tool to be incredibly intuitive. You can go from a stack of papers to a clean, multi-page PDF in just a few moments.
First, choose your input method. Click “Use Camera” to activate your device’s camera or “Upload Images” to select existing photo files (like JPG or PNG).
Next, capture or select your pages. You can add as many pages as you need to build your document.
Then, review your pages. Our tool allows you to reorder the images by dragging and dropping them into the correct sequence. You can also rotate any pages that are sideways.
Finally, click the “Create PDF” button. The tool will process your images and generate a single, high-quality PDF file, ready for you to download instantly.
After creating your PDF, you might only need to share a few pages. In that case, our Extract PDF Pages tool is the perfect next step.
This versatile utility is invaluable in a wide variety of everyday scenarios.
A student’s life is filled with paper. Our Scan to PDF tool is perfect for:
Digitizing handwritten lecture notes for easy searching and archiving.
Scanning chapters from a library textbook to study on a tablet.
Submitting a clear, multi-page PDF of a completed homework assignment.
In the business world, quick documentation is key. This tool is ideal for:
Scanning receipts on the go for expense reports.
Capturing and sharing notes from a whiteboard brainstorming session.
Sending a signed and scanned copy of a contract back to a client in minutes.
The PDF format is the global standard for business documents, as established by its creators at Adobe.
Organize your personal life by digitizing important papers. You can:
Create a digital backup of important documents like birth certificates, passports, and IDs.
Scan and save sentimental items like children’s artwork or old family recipes.
Digitize bills and statements to create a paperless home office.
Here are answers to some of the most common questions about our Scan to PDF tool.
Yes, absolutely. We prioritize your privacy and security. The entire process, from camera activation to PDF generation, is handled with security in mind. Your files are uploaded over an encrypted connection and are automatically and permanently deleted from our servers after a short period.
The quality of the final PDF is directly related to the quality of your camera or uploaded images. For the best results, make sure your document is on a flat, well-lit surface and that your camera is in focus. Our tool will preserve the quality of your images without adding unnecessary compression.
Yes. This is a core feature of our Scan to PDF tool. You can upload or take pictures of as many pages as you need. The tool will then intelligently combine all of them, in the order you specify, into one single, easy-to-navigate PDF file.
No. Our tool is 100% web-based. There is nothing to download or install. It works directly in any modern web browser (like Chrome, Firefox, or Safari) on your computer, tablet, or smartphone, making it a truly universal solution.