In this step-by-step tutorial learn how to scan documents using your iPhone or Android phone and get the absolute best quality scan. In this video, I use the free Microsoft Office app made to scan the documents. Save as a Word document, PDF, or an image.
As full-disclosure, I work at Microsoft as a full-time employee.
My daughter is so proud of me as I figured out how to scan a document she needed so I could send it to her. THANK YOU FOR MAKING THESE VERY SIMPLE TUTORIALS.!! I'm middle aged and did not grow up with computers, living on a farm in rural America.
Congratulation on creating the scan! Kristal, keep up the good work, continue storming the technology castle. Middle aged, truly age has nothing to do with it. As I tell my friends, daily grammar school children do this, we as mature adults can as well; the hold back is ones attitude for learning. Oh, I am late 70s and made myself into quite a techno person.
Yes!!!!! I scanned my certificate (so excited). I love how short and sweet your videos are. This one really saved me from going out for a scan in this cold weather. God bless you!
For real God bless this man he saved me
Thank you Kevin for this tutorial. I didn’t aware of Microsoft Office app has scanning function. I was using normal Lens app and it was buggy. Now it is fine.
Thank Youuuuuu Kevin
Scanned my first document and QR code this evening. Thanks to guys like you I am becoming quite smart using my devices.
I was doubtful that I'd learn anything useful from this, but I'm glad I decided to give it a chance. Thanks for the excellent explanation.
Loved this. Came across your video totally by random. It just popped up! This has been an issue I have needed to solve for some time now. I am working with my clients on the go and needed an android easy fix. Perfect timing! Very nice delivery on this content. Thank you for the solution today!
Thank you for sharing. You've just made someone happy in Mauritius.
Thanks Kev...so glad I found this. I was on my way to UPS to fax something (and even considering a pc scanner). Microsoft app and my phone are awesome. Sooo happy.
I love these great tutorials! Wish I had found these years ago! This guy does a very good job.
I agree!
Love these, Thank you so much I was also having issues playing music when coaching on zoom...subscribed and learnt the scan function tonight, brilliant!
Whatever you say is to the point and not a single word is wasted. Not to mention that the knowledge shared was unknown to me before and very useful. Keep going Kevin and thank you.
Thank you Kevin! I have watched several of your videos, and each one is rich in content with easy to follow instructions. Keep up the good work.
Brilliant I need to know how to do PDFs,scan and zoom for this new world we are living in
Interesting, thank you so much
Kevin you are "Awesome"! I'm not tech savvy at all. You made it so easy to understand and follow along. I hope Microsoft is watching. What a good representative for the company. Will check out your other videos. So long Staples!
Thank you so much! I am so glad I found your channel today and I have been watching and watching. Thank you for not having some annoying music like so many YTuber.
Wow, This was excellent, Kevin. Thanks so much!
The things that I like you most is within an hour I learned a lot of your tutorial.Thanks.
Thank you for this! FANTASTIC as there are so many of us WFH. This is super helpful.
Wow!Just what I needed! Great job! very articulate. Solved my problem. Thank you!
Whenever I need something to know about PPT, Word, Excel and Ms Teams, I always visit your site. Thank you for the vivid explanations. More power
This was so unbelievable efficient and easy to use. Thank you for advertising this service. Love from New York
Well Done! I asked this on another of your excellent tutorials, Kevin; if I want to email attached a compressed but still color pdf, what do you recommend to get under file attachment limits? A secondary compression like "pdf smaller" worked, but I wonder if MS has something integrated since Office "filter" choices don't compress enough on a multi-page HW submit from/to students... Thx.
Kevin you are plain clear, understandable and I just subscribed to your video as they will really help this grandma of two. Thanks!
Thanks for your straightforward tutorial. Some phone scanning apps state theirs is better for business cards because theirs auto-names the electronic file and/or adds to your contacts. I have a lot of business cards I don't wish to add to my contacts, but instead would love to add it to an excel spreadsheet. A generic spreadsheet by microsoft would be fine, or else customizable to my own contact spreadsheet I've had for years. In fact, I probably wouldn't want it in my own spreadsheet because that has trusted personal contacts I know well, as opposed to a business card contact I may never call. So it would be awesome if it could simply scan into a pre-made Office excel spreadsheet of scanned business cards of untrusted contacts. Thanks!
Such a smarting tutorial done simply and effectively, thank you Kevin!
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Thank you Kevin, once again I actually learned something.
Can you creat how to use OBS for KZhead news Chanel
some of Kevin's 'old video' is news and new to me! was using my 5-year old printer to scan when all the time there's a portable scanner in my iPhone. Thanks again Kev
Thank you! You're a oife saver for those people with no scanning machines.
Wow, this is a much cleaner scan document than the usual phone camera pics with more function for save, sharing and editing. THANX!!
Thanks Kevin, you're a great teacher. It's easy to understand and follow your instructions.
Scanr neme please
Your videos are so helpful and amazing. This is slowly becoming my favorite channel.
Thanks so much for this, I’m a recent subscriber and your tutorials are so helpful for a boomer trying desperately to transition to digital organization of my personal life! 😁😅
Amazing.! This is exactly what I've been looking for a long time
Thank you so much, Kevin. So helpful. Recently purchased new iPhone with great camera making this option ideal for scanning. No more trips to UPS gotta love that❣️
Thanks Kevin! Really great, informative tutorials.
Wow!!! Exactly what I was looking for. Thank you!!!! Sending this to my mom!
it makes no sense why he doesn't have 10 million subscribers. You're the man thanks again!
I really like Office Lens phone scanner compared to other phone scanners, including your naming convention year first. I wish it would add 'Scan' text to beginning of name, and/or allow us to change the text added to beginning of name before year/date. Also in addition to my comment below, I wish the business card could be automatically imported to a growing excel spreadsheet with generic columns of business name, employee name, address, website, phone number. Thank you, it works very well.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE. YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW MUCH YOU HAVE HELPED ME OUT WITH THESE VIDEOS.
WOW, WOW !Absolutely great ! Thank you so very much ! It was easy, simple and effective !
Hi Kevin, quick question if I may. What software do you use to capture the iPhone screen for the video embedded in the main KZhead video? Thanks Gerard
So helpful, thank you very much!! All sorted so easily! I am beginning to enjoy SW thanks to your voideos!!
Thank you for the useful tutorial, sir 🙏😀👍🏽👍🏽
Thanks! Great vid, simple and to the point. BTW could you make a video for people who are trying to go from a old paper work environment to a digital one? You know for old people?
Thanks for the info since i'm enrolling to a online all my transactions is via online, so they ask my TOR but the i've sent is blur!
I'm a horrible typist. I use this with the OCR feature to import longer citations or quotes. Very helpful!
thnx very much! will the app also work on iPhone 5? (you might say:”just try”, I am a bit careful though, downloading all kinds of apps that do not seem to work after all. 🙏 👍
Microsoft Office is a very versatile app you will NOT regret having.
@@terrencetrussell7625 THANK YOU!
Thanks for this Kevin. Just one question - is there a limit to the number of pages I can scan to create a single pdf file? I needed to scan an exam paper with 27 pages. The app allowed me to keep capturing each page but then when I clicked done at the end, ready to move to the share options, all the pages disappeared!! I tried this twice - the same thing happened each time.
Thanks so much!! That's what i'm looking for🤗
Hello, thanks for the tutorial on this app that I can use to scan docs.
Extremely valuable ... Well done for clear and precise info !!
Thanks again Kevin for the great tutorial, it really helped me processed my docs.
Thanks so much for the tips because it was really helpful. You did an awesome job explaining yourself and the app that you were using. I am definitely using the app and it gives me no problems.
Thank you for a perfect solution!
Loved this and other videos. Learning so much from your tutorials
Awesome Video! super helpful and straight to the point. crushed it!
Thank you so much!so much help. Love this app😍
Kevin, your videos are very helpful. Thank you!
Hello Kevin: Thanks for your videos. I have just subscribed. I have 3 full file drawers of documents which I would like to scan to my computer (don't have room); do you have recommendations for me as far the fastest easiest way to scan them or is there a scanner you recommend? Thank you!
Love your videos, I've learned so much from them and you're an excellent presenter. Thanks.
Thank you for this video. I can now scan and keep my Resume and other documents with me all the time, as I am job-hunting.
WOW..so grateful to have found this video😍subscribed. Very useful! Thanks!
Thank you for sharing!! You have helped me so much!! Great instructional videos!!
glad i found you but still need to watch more videos of you. thank you
I saw this and it comes right on time,. thanks Kevin! :)
Wow Kevin thanks you really explained that to the T.. hopefully this saves me from stopping at a truck stop.
Excellent video! And the way you explain it is very easy to understand. Thank you so very very much!
Thank you, man I need this so badly.
I installed only the Playstore Lens app (not the entire Office suite) on my tablet and all went well, except that I couldn't find the Filter option you'd discussed. Is there any doc that got downloaded along with the app? Excellent presentation (as usual)!
Just what I needed. Excellent content.
Great content, I followed along and added something valuable to my iPhone, Thanks
Thanks for sharing this video. I had some documents that I needed to scan but I don't have a scanner anywhere, never knew smartphone can do such clean scans of paperwork
You put together a video that's nice in every respect. Thank you. I've subscribed.
Never knew this existed on the office app. Thanks Kevin
Really its an amazing tutorial. Learned fantastic useful topic and very nicely, clearly explained. God bless you. Thanks a lot.
Wow I really love this tutorial, it help me scan and file my document using tablet phone.
I'm not a techie. So, your videos helped me so much. Thank you for sharing!
Once again Kevin, you are awesome. Thanks for your excellent video’s
Thank you Kevin for sharing.. once again I've learned something
Hi Kevin , love your work ,Is this available for IpadPro . I have the Office 365 subcription for my PC ,Ipadpro but cant see it . I found the MS Lens app but it looks very crude.
Thank you Kevin for your easy explanation of scanning a document.
Thank you. You made it quite simple and easy to do.
Thank you for this tutorial, it will help me a lot.
Any friend of Bill Gate is also a friend of mine! Thanks for the video Kevin.
Thank you! This is really helpful.👍
Thanks! Is there a way to scan in a form so it can be filled out as needed and sent keeping the original document and saving the completed form?
Hey Kevin, I have a Android Note 8 and I need to be able to download, open, sign, and email a document 😪 no printer/scanner near me and library is still closed. What app do you suggest? Also the form I can fill out online but not sign it 🤷🏽♂️
Out of context... But I would like to download original ms office 2019.. how do I go about it... Could you make a comple video on downloading and installing it.... Cause sometime one may not have internet access and without it office doesn't work for opening word or excel sheets
Thank you Kevin, great content and so useful. You saved me a trip to officemax
Thanks Sir I'm about to go to computer shop to scan but they are closed so I try to search here and there I found your video tutorial that helps me solve my problem... Thanks & God Bless Sir 😊🙏
Thank you, great video!
You’re awesome!!! Thank you so much, and God bless!!!
Watching Kevin did not disappoint me... Thanks
Thank you. I haven't done it yet but have faith that all will be perfect thanks to your tutorial. Thanks for sharing, it's appreciated.
You are amazing, buddy!!! Learn a lot from your channel, try dig into more fun, free & interesting stuff. Many thanks.
Very informative. Learning a lot of new things about MS Office. Thanks.
Thank you so much. What a great lesson. Im growing everyday
Thank you. Very helpful as usual. If I don't have much space on my phone would I not be better off just using Office Lens? What are the advantaged of getting full office
Thank you for the video I didn't know you could do this, but have a question when I hover over the document the red border keeps moving what am I doing wrong??
Thanks Kevin for sharing. I did not know that I can do this on my phone.
Thank you. This was extremely helpful just when I needed it as my printer was not scanning
Glad it helped
Thanks for saving me time ! You're the best !