Requests to capture documents on Android are few. However, it is often forgotten that Our call is already accompanied by a request that lets you browse documents, although its primary function is not this. We're talking about Google Drive, a file management app in Google's cloud.
Despite being the other way around cloud To store all types of files, it is powerful scan function on Android that, in addition, can be added by shortcut. We will explain how and how this option can be modified.
How to use Google Drive as a document scanner
Google Drive is part of the basic Google Apps package, so it's installed on most Android phones, whether there are other file managers or alternatives in the cloud by the manufacturer. In the case of Android, Google Drive It has the function of scanning documents. When you open the program, we will find it by clicking the & # 39; button & # 39 ;, after clicking & # 39; scan & # 39;
Google Drive capture function launches our camera directly, so there is no loss of quality when taking pictures, it will depend entirely on the phone's camera and its application
Scan function It's done with our phone's camera. This means that we will access our manufacturer's interface, instead of connecting to a camera connected to Google Drive. After taking a photo document, we will have several options.
First Google will cut the document itself, or we can manually fix it by clicking the cut button. Second, we can choose whether the scan will be done in color or in black and white. Third, we have a menu button that allows us to perform the following tasks.
- Delete page
- Rename Scan
- Turn the page
- Settings
In the settings options we find interesting points such as set JPEG quality, the shape or size of the PDF we will receive, which automatically comes in ISO A4 format. When everything is ready, we can save the document in PDF format to the folder we want.
Since it's easy to forget that Google Drive has a scanner, it's a good option add a shortcut to the scanner itself at our phone table. To do this, click the option to add startup widgets and select Google Drive widgets.
This widget allows you to open your phone camera directly and get a JPEG image in the Drive folder, which will be saved as a PDF document
By installing it, we will be asked select the folder folder of the scanned files. If we do not have one created we recommend doing so, because it is a great way to keep track of everything we have tested and present.