How to Scan Documents on Your Samsung Galaxy Phone

Most modern smartphones can take high-resolution photos without any hitches. For this reason, you can capture text and images on physical documents such as certificates, receipts, utility bills, and IDs, among others, and even reprint them without losing significant quality.

You need to install a third-party scanning app to scan, edit, and share these paper documents on most phones. But if you own a modern Samsung smartphone, you can get it done without these apps. Samsung’s native camera and the integrated Microsoft Office app will allow you to scan paper documents without hassle.

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How to Scan Documents Using Samsung’s Camera App

If you own a Samsung Galaxy phone, you may easily do single-page scans of your important documents and share them instantly. Open your camera app and follow these steps:

How Scan Multiple Pages Using Microsoft Office App on Samsung

If your Samsung Galaxy comes with Microsoft Office pre-installed, you can use it for more advanced scanning options. With Microsoft Office, you can scan multiple documents or pages and merge them into one PDF file. Follow these steps:

If your phone doesn’t come with Microsoft pre-installed, you’re able to download it from theSamsung Galaxy Store. You could also try one ofthese free mobile scanner apps.

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Be More Productive With Your Samsung Galaxy

You don’t have to invest in a home office scanner if you have a Samsung Galaxy phone. Scanning is as easy as it gets thanks to the high-resolution cameras on modern Galaxy devices.

If you want to save or share a simple image scan, the scanning tool on the native camera should suffice. For more advanced and multi-page scanning options, the integrated Microsoft Office app on Galaxy devices should do the trick.

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