The following is an easy way to learn how to scan a documents in an iPhone.
The iPhone has a very simple method of scanning your Documate that will teach you to do a Documate scan.
Things you might want to scan with your iPhone
- Receipts
- Business Cards
- Photographs
- Important documents
- Applications
What you need to scan with your iPhone
A device running iOS 11 (the iPhone 5 and 5c can’t scan in Notes, but they can’t run iOS 11 either).
If you try and view a scan on an older iPhone you will see a message saying that you need to update to iOS 11 to view the attachment.
Scan a document on iPhone and iPad
- Launch the Notes app on your iPhone or iPad.
- Create a New Note.
- Tap the More button just above the keyboard. It looks like a plus (+) symbol.
- Tap Scan Document from the list of options.
- Line up the document you want to scan.
- If the scanner doesn’t automatically scan, tap the shutter button to manually scan the document.
- Repeat the step above for each page you want to scan for a single document.
- Tap Save when you’ve scanned all of the pages you want to include with one document.
Scan a document
- Open a note or create a new note.
- Tap , then tap Scan Documents.
- Place your document in view of the camera on your device.
- If your device is in Auto mode, your document will be automatically scanned. If you need to manually capture a scan, tap or one of the Volume buttons.
- Drag the corners to adjust the scan to fit the page, then tap Keep Scan.
- You can add additional scans to the document or tap Save when you’re done.