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CamScanner Iphone Manual English
1. CamScanner V 3.5
User Manual for iPhone
Content
Create Documents ...........................................................................................................................3
How to create documents by scanning & batch scanning?...................................................3
How to create documents by choosing existing images?......................................................3
Crop & Enhance ...............................................................................................................................4
How to crop an image?............................................................................................................4
How to enhance image quality?..............................................................................................5
Texts Recognition & Search ............................................................................................................6
How to recognize the texts in the image? ..............................................................................6
How to search the texts in the image? ...................................................................................7
Find a Document..............................................................................................................................8
How to quickly find a document?...........................................................................................8
Share...............................................................................................................................................11
How to email a single document to others?.........................................................................11
How to email a single document to myself?........................................................................12
How to email multiple documents to others? .....................................................................13
How to share a document page?...........................................................................................14
How to share the texts in a doc’s single page? (*Paid App Feature)..................................15
How to share the texts in a whole document? (*Premium Account Feature)...................16
Invite & Comment..........................................................................................................................16
How to invite friends and share documents?......................................................................16
How to view and add comments to the documents you have shared with others? .........17
Shared with Me..............................................................................................................................18
How to view the documents others have shared with you?...............................................18
How to comment on the documents others have shared with you?..................................19
How to invite friends to view the documents others have shared with you?...................20
How to share the documents others have shared with you?..............................................21
Edit a Document ............................................................................................................................22
How to set or modify the title of a doc? ...............................................................................22
How to set or modify the title of a doc’s single page?.........................................................22
How to add a page into a document? ...................................................................................22
How to add annotations? ......................................................................................................23
How to add watermark?........................................................................................................24
How to add a note?................................................................................................................25
How to view a note? ..............................................................................................................26
Document Collage..........................................................................................................................26
How to display multiple documents in a single page?........................................................26
Manage Documents.......................................................................................................................27
2. How to secure your documents? ..........................................................................................27
How to add documents?........................................................................................................28
How to merge documents? ...................................................................................................28
How to delete documents?....................................................................................................29
How to sort the documents?.................................................................................................30
How to sort the pages within a document? .........................................................................31
How to display pages by last page on top? ..........................................................................32
How to display the documents in list view/tiles view?......................................................32
Manage and Set Tags .....................................................................................................................33
How to manage tags?.............................................................................................................33
How to set tags for a single document? ...............................................................................34
How to set tags for multiple documents? ............................................................................35
Sign in / Register ...........................................................................................................................36
Why create an account? ........................................................................................................36
How to sign in/register? .......................................................................................................36
How to change your username? ...........................................................................................37
Sync.................................................................................................................................................38
How to sync files? ..................................................................................................................38
How to sync files across phones, tablets and computers?..................................................39
Cloud Space....................................................................................................................................39
How to increase your cloud space?......................................................................................39
Upload & Print & Fax.....................................................................................................................40
How to upload your files to the CamScanner Cloud?..........................................................40
How to auto upload docs to a third-party storage platform?.............................................41
How to print documents via Wi-Fi? .....................................................................................42
How to fax documents?.........................................................................................................42
Premium Account..........................................................................................................................43
Why upgrade to premium account?.....................................................................................43
How to upgrade to premium account?.................................................................................44
Settings...........................................................................................................................................45
What can you set for scanning?............................................................................................45
What can you set for PDF? ....................................................................................................46
User Zone .......................................................................................................................................46
Want to know more about CamScanner and other users? .................................................46
3. Create Documents
How to create documents by scanning & batch scanning?
Tap button at the bottom of the Home Page, CamScanner will automatically turn on
the camera and enter the document shooting page.
Hold and drag the white slider or tap & button to adjust the focal length
In single mode, slide from right to left to switch to the batch mode, and CamScanner will
support the continuous shooting.
In batch mode, slide from left to right to switch to the single mode.
Tap button to choose the flash mode
Tap “Grid” button to open or close the grid
Tap button to shoot.
How to create documents by choosing existing images?
4. CamScanner allows you to import existing document images stored in your album or cloud
storage.
Tap button at the lower right corner of the Home Page
Tap “Album” to import a photo/photos from your phone album
Tap “Cloud Storage” to choose some images from “Box” or “Dropbox”
Crop & Enhance
How to crop an image?
CamScanner provides you with a feature to detect the document border automatically and remove
the unwanted parts.
After shooting or choosing an image, it will automatically find the document border and display it
on the screen.
If you are not satisfied with the auto recognized border, you can use your finger to adjust the
8 blue circles around by pressing and dragging them. And the enlarge image will be show at
the corner of the screen to help you crop borders manually.
5. Tap to rotate the image
Tap to back to the full screen and tap to reset the auto-detect edges
If you are satisfied with the cropping, please tap to the next step.
Otherwise, you can tap “Back” to back to the capturing or selecting page.
How to enhance image quality?
After cropping, CamScanner will automatically enhance the image quality basing on the type of
the scanned document.
If you are not satisfied with the auto enhanced image, you can manually enhance the image by
choosing one of the five types of enhancement mode provided by CamScanner, which are original,
lighten, Magic Color, B&M and Grayscale.
Tap the icon at the upper right corner to switch the enhancement modes
Original: If you do not want to enhance the image, “original” mode is recommended.
Lighten: If your scans are colorful and bright like a magazine, “lighten” mode may be
suitable.
Magic Color: If you want to make the document more readable, "Magic Color" can help
6. a lot.
B&W: If your scans are black and white prints, “B&W” mode may be a good choice.
Grayscale: If you want to send the image as a small file to save your mobile data,
“grayscale” mode may meet your needs.
Or tap each one to see the visual effects, and choose one you like most.
Tap to open the brightness & contrast adjustment page, and you can adjust the
brightness, contrast and refine details manually.
Tap to rotate the image
Tap “Input page title” to add a page title
Tap button to finish the processing
Or button to back to the page of border adjustment and cropping
Texts Recognition & Search
How to recognize the texts in the image?
CamScanner provides you to recognize the texts in the image, which is the OCR feature. Using
this feature can help you quickly find documents, export, and share pictures of texts in the image.
7. For unregistered users:
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the thumbnail to enter the Edit
page.
Tap “Recognize” at the bottom of the page, the image will be automatically recognized
and the recognized texts will be highlighted in yellow.
After recognition, tap “View Texts” to view the recognized texts.
For registered users:
Sign in CamScanner with your account.
After signing in, all the texts in the images will be automatically recognized.
Enter the Edit page of a single page of a document and tap “Recognize” at the bottom of
the page if you want to view the recognized texts.
How to search the texts in the image?
After recognition, CamScanner provides you to search the texts in the images.,
8. On “My Docs” page, pull down to show a menu bar under.
Tap button on the menu bar and input some words in the texts of the image to quickly
find the corresponding image.
Tap the found image and then tap the thumbnail, you can see the inputted words have been
highlighted in yellow on the image
Find a Document
How to quickly find a document?
CamScanner provides you three ways to quickly find a document: use tags, search titles/notes and
search texts within the image.
Use your tags
Tags have the same functions like keywords and can associate your documents with categories and
locations. For example, if you want to find a train ticket and the Invoice Tag can help a lot.
After scanning a document and saving it into your phone, you can set one or more tags to the
document which helps you to quickly find it. Please refer to Manage and Set Tags for more details.
9. Tap at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to right
to open a sidebar
Tap “Tags” on the sidebar to enter the “Tags” Management page
Tap on a tag name to view the docments inside
Frequently managing your tags can effectively save your finding time.
Search among the titles/notes of the documents
Press on the Home Screen and pull down to show a menu bar under “My Docs”.
Tap button on the menu bar
Enter some words contained in your target document’s title or note, the document will
be found out automatically.
10. Search among the texts in the image recognized
If you do not remember or set a title or note for your targeted document, while this
document image has been recognized.
Press on the Home Screen and pull down to show a menu bar under “My Docs”, and tap
button on the menu bar.
Input some words contained in the texts of the image, and then CamScanner will quickly
find the corresponding document.
11. Share
How to email a single document to others?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page, tap “Email” at the bottom of the page to enter the
“Email” page
File Link: You can share the file link via email.
Secure File Link: Enter a password, set an expiration date and send the encrypted file link.
(*Premium Account Feature)
JPG File: Choose to share file in JPG file format.
PDF File: Choose to share file in PDF file format.
.txt File: Choose to share the texts in the images.(*Premium Account Feature)
12. How to email a single document to myself?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page, tap “More” at the lower right corner to enter the
“Actions” page.
13. Tap “Email to myself” to send the document to yourself via email.
The sender email address will be the default one on your phone, and you can set the
recipient’s address manually.
File Link: You can send the file link via email.
Secure Doc Link: Enter a password, set an expiration date and send the encrypted file
link. (*Premium Account Feature)
JPG File: Choose to send file in JPG file format.
PDF File: Choose to send file in PDF file format.
.txt File: Choose to send the texts in the images. (*Paid App Feature)
How to email multiple documents to others?
Press on the Home Screen and pull down to show a menu bar under “My Docs”. Tap on the right
one to enter the multi-select mode.
Choose one or more documents by tapping on the left circle of them
Tap “More” at the lower right corner of the page to enter the “Actions” page, and then tap
“Email” to share the document via email.
Doc Link: You can share the file link via email.
Secure Doc Link: Enter a password, set an expiration date and send the encrypted file
link. (*Premium Account Feature)
JPG File: Choose the share file in JPG file format.
PDF File: Choose the share file in PDF file format.
14. How to share a document page?
If you needn’t to share the entire document, but only one page inside, you can choose this way.
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the thumbnail to enter the Edit
page
Tap “More” at the right corner of the page to enter the “Actions” pageTap
Tap “Email” to send the image attached in JPG/PDF file format
Tap “SNS” to share it via Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Tap "Upload" to upload it to a third-party Cloud.
Tap “Open In” to share it via apps on your phone
Tap “To Album” to save the image to your album
Tap “AirPrint” to print it.
Tap “Fax” to fax it.
15. How to share the texts in a doc’s single page? (*Paid App Feature)
Tap “Share” at the upper right corner of the “Recognized Text” Page to share texts
You can choose to Copy to Clipboard, or share texts via Email, etc.
16. How to share the texts in a whole document? (*Premium Account Feature)
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap “More” at the lower right corner to
enter the “Actions” page
Tap “Email to myself” and select “.txt file” to email the texts in the whole doc to myself
Invite & Comment
How to invite friends and share documents?
CamScanner offers an invitation feature. You can invite friends to share your documents and read
their comments.
17. Tap the target document on “My Docs” page to open the doc
Tap “Invite” at the bottom of the page and open the “Collaborators” popup menu
Tap “Invite” button in the middle or button at the upper right corner of the popup menu
to enter the “Add Friends” page
You can enter the email address or phone number of your friends
Tap “System Contacts & Recent Contacts” to invite friends from your phone
contacts.
And the invited friends will be listed in the Contact List here.
How to view and add comments to the documents you have shared with
others?
CamScanner offers an invitation feature. You can invite friends to share your documents and read
their comments.
18. Tap the target document on “My Docs” page to open the doc.
Tap “More” at the lower right corner to open the Actions page.
Tap “Comment” to open the “Comment” popup menu to read the comments
Tap button to add a comment
Tap “Close” at the upper left corner of the popup menu to save and close it
Shared with Me
How to view the documents others have shared with you?
CamScanner offers an invitation feature. You can tap “Shared with Me” to view and comment on
the documents others have shared with you.
19. Tap at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to right to
open a sidebar
Tap “Shared with Me” on the sidebar to enter the “Shared with Me” page, and you can view
or comment on the shared document.
How to comment on the documents others have shared with you?
Tap at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to right to
open a sidebar
Tap “Shared with Me” on the sidebar to enter the “Shared with Me” page
Tap on the thumbnail to view the shared document
Tap on the “Comment” button at the bottom of the page to open a “Comment”
popup menu
Tap button to add a cooment
Tap “Close” at the upper left corner of the popup menu to save and close it
20. How to invite friends to view the documents others have shared with you?
Tap at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to right to
open a sidebar
Tap “Shared with Me” on the sidebar to enter the “Shared with Me” page
Tap on the thumbnail to view the shared document
Tap the “Invite” button at the bottom of the page to open a “Collaborators” popup
menu
Tap button to add collaborators by entering their email addresses or phone
numbers
Tap “System Contacts & Recent Contacts” to invited friends from your phone
contacts
21. How to share the documents others have shared with you?
Tap at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to right to
open a sidebar
Tap “Shared with Me” on the sidebar to enter the “Shared with Me” page
22. Tap on the thumbnail to view the shared document
Tap on the “Email” button at the bottom of the page to send it in JPG/PDF file
format
“AirPrint/Fax” is also available here.
Edit a Document
How to set or modify the title of a doc?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page to open the doc. Tap the doc’s title at the top of the
page to open the “Rename” box. Enter the name of the doc and tap “OK” to save it.
How to set or modify the title of a doc’s single page?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the thumbnail to enter the Edit page of a
single page.
Tap “Input page title” on the top of the page to set the title of the page.
Tap the existing title on the top of the page to modify it.
How to add a page into a document?
If you want to add a new page into the current document, you can use the "Add" or “Import”
function.
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap “Add” to shoot or “Import” to
choose an image.
After adding and processing, the new page will be added to this document
23. How to add annotations?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the thumbnail to enter the Edit page.
Tap “Mark” and choose “Ink Annotations”.
Tap “Pen” at the bottom of the page to set the pen’s properties.
Tap to switch the type of pen
Slide to vary the thickness of handwriting
Choose a color on the Color Palette
Tap “Eraser” to use the rubber
Tap on the to vary the size of rubber
Tap “Clear All” to clear all annotations
Tap “Undo” to undo the last annotation or tap “Redo” to cancel the undo
Tap “Save” at the upper right corner to save all annotations
24. How to add watermark?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the thumbnail to enter the Edit page.
Tap “Mark” and choose “Add Watermark”.
Tap “Enter Watermark Texts” to input some words
Press and drag to adjust the size and angle of the watermark
Press and drag the watermark to adjust the location of the watermark.
Choose a watermark color at the bottom of the page
Tap “Save” at the upper right corner of the page to save it
25. How to add a note?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the thumbnail to enter the Edit page.
Tap “Note” at the lower right corner of the page.
26. Input some words on the Note page and tap “Close” at the upper left corner to save your note.
How to view a note?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page.
Tap button at the upper right corner of the thumbnail to view the note
Tap button back to the thumbnail
Document Collage
How to display multiple documents in a single page?
If you want to insert multiple documents like different kinds of invoices and receipts into a single
page, CamScanner provides you to create doc collage for multiple documents.
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap “More” at the lower right corner to
enter the Actions page
Tap “Collage” on the Actions page to select a type for your doc collage
You can select a type for the collage according to the number and size of the docs you need
27. to display on a page
Manage Documents
How to secure your documents?
CamScanner provides you a document encryption feature. Set a password to the selected
document, and then anyone who wants to see your encrypt documents should input this passcode.
28. Press on the Home Screen and pull down to show a menu bar under “My Docs”. Tap on the right
one to enter the multi-select mode.
Choose one or more encrypted documents by tapping on the left circle of them
Tap “Lock” button at the bottom of the page and open a “Set Passcode” popup menu
Enter a password for the selected documents
How to add documents?
CamScanner provides you two ways to scan documents, which are capturing a document and
choosing an existing image in your album.
Refer to Create Documents for more details
How to merge documents?
Press on the Home Screen and pull down to show a menu bar under “My Docs”. Tap on the right
one to enter the multi-select mode.
29. Choose one or more documents by tapping on the left circle of them
Tap “Merge” button at the bottom of the page and open a popup menu
You can choose to “Merge and Delete” or “Merge without Delete”.
How to delete documents?
Press on the Home Screen and pull down to show a menu bar under “My Docs”. Tap on the right
one to enter the multi-select mode.
30. Choose one or more documents by tapping on the left circle of them
Tap “Delete” button at the bottom of the page and open a “Delete” popup menu
Tap “OK” to delete the selected documents
How to sort the documents?
Press on the Home Screen and pull down to show a menu bar under “My Docs”.
31. Tap on the middle button and open a “Choose Sort Method” popup menu
You can choose sort by “Modified Time” or “Creation Time”.
How to sort the pages within a document?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page, press on the screen and pull down to open a menu
bar. And then tap on the button to sort pages within a document.
Press and drag to sort the images up and down
Tap “Done” at the upper right corner to save it.
32. How to display pages by last page on top?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page, press on the screen and pull down to open a menu
bar. And tap on the button to set the top page.
Choose “First on top” to display the pages by first page on top.
Choose “Last on top” to display the pages by last page on top.
How to display the documents in list view/tiles view?
Press on the Home Screen and pull down to show a menu bar under “My Docs”.
33. In the list view, tap the left button to switch to the tiles view
In the tiles view, tap the left button to switch to the list view.
Manage and Set Tags
How to manage tags?
Tap at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to right to open a
sidebar.
34. Tap “Tag” on the sidebar and enter the “Tag” page
Tap “Add new tag ” at the bottom of the page and enter a tag name, choose “OK” to add it
Tap “Edit” at the upper right corner, and you can edit the tags name or delete the tags
How to set tags for a single document?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page.
35. Tap “More” at the lower right corner of the page to enter the “Actions” page
Tap “Attribute” to enter the “Property” page.
Choose one or more tags for the selected documents
Tap “Back” to save the action
How to set tags for multiple documents?
Press on the Home Screen and pull down to show a menu bar under “My Docs”. Tap on the right
one to enter the multi-select mode.
36. Choose one or more documents by tapping on the left circle of them
Tap “Tag” at the bottom of the page to open the “Set Tag” page
Choose one or more tags for the selected documents
Tap “Save” to save the action
Sign in / Register
Why create an account?
Having a CamScanner account can let you enjoy more features like upload your documents to
CamScanner Cloud, sync across all your devices, auto recognize all the texts in your docs, etc.
Refer to “Benefit of Sign-up” button on the “Sign In” page.
Besides, CamScanner offers two types of account, which are Free Accounts and Premium
Accounts. And premium account user can enjoy additional powerful features. Refer to Premium
Account for more details
How to sign in/register?
37. Tap at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to right to open a
sidebar.
Tap “Sign in/Register” on the sidebar and enter the “Sign In” page
Tap “Register” button and use your Email or Phone Number to register your
account
After registered, sign in your account and your files will be automatically
synchronized.
How to change your username?
38. Tap at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to right to open a
sidebar.
Tap “Sign in/Register” on the sidebar to sign in
After signed in, tap your account name to enter the “Account” page
Tap “Username” to set or change your username
Sync
How to sync files?
Auto Sync: After logged in, the files will be automatically synchronized.
Manual Sync: You can also choose the manual sync way by pulling down on the documents
list page to sync files anytime.
Log in on www.camscanner.net to synchronize the documents to your computer and organize
them.
39. Tap “Settings” on the sidebar, choose “Sync Settings”.
You can see the last synced time.
And tap “Sync” button to open the Sync settings menu.
You can choose to turn on or turn off “Sync over mobile network”.
How to sync files across phones, tablets and computers?
Log in on another phone or computer by the same way and the files saved by your account will be
automatically synchronized to this device.
Cloud Space
How to increase your cloud space?
40. Tap at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to right to
open a sidebar
Tap “Cloud Space” to enter the “Cloud Space” page
Complete the operations to add your cloud space.
Upload & Print & Fax
How to upload your files to the CamScanner Cloud?
Logging in on any device can synchronize your files to the CamScanner cloud and enjoy the cloud
services. Log in on www.camscanner.net to synchronize the documents to your computer and
organize them.
41. Tap the target document on “My Docs” page, and tap “More” at the lower right corner of the
page to enter the “Actions” page.
Tap “Upload” to enter the “Upload” page. You can also choose to upload the document to a
third-party storage platform like “Box”, “Google Drive”, etc.
How to auto upload docs to a third-party storage platform?
Tap at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to right to open a
sidebar
Tap “Settings” to enter the Settings page
Tap “Doc Export” to enter the Doc Export page
Tap “Auto Upload” to set a file format and a thirf-party storage platform for auto uploading
Tap “File Format” to select PDF file or JPG file for doc uploading
Tap the icon to select a third party storage platform like “Box”, “Dropbox”, “Evernote”
or “Google Drive”.
42. How to print documents via Wi-Fi?
CamScanner provides a cloud print service. And you can enjoy the wireless printing feature.
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page, and tap “More” at the lower right corner of the
page to enter the “Actions” page.
Tap “AirPrint” to enter the “Printer Options” page.
Tap “Printer” to choose a printer.
Choose the number of copies
Tap “Range” to set the page range
Tap “Print” button to print
How to fax documents?
CamScanner provides you the fax service, and you can fax your document to more than 20
countries and regions.
43. Tap the target document on “My Docs” page, and tap “More” at the lower right corner of the
page to enter the “Actions” page.
Tap “Fax” to enter the “Fax” page.
Tap “Country” to choose a country/area
Enter the “Fax Number”
Tap “Range” to set the fax range
Tap “Recharge” to purchase the fax pages
Premium Account
Why upgrade to premium account?
Premium account users can enjoy additional powerful features and the features are as follows:
Add 10G Extra Cloud Space
Edit OCR results and notes of the entire doc, exporting as .txt file
Create Doc Collage for multiple pages
Auto upload docs to Box, Google Drive, Dropbox and Evernote
44. Batch download PDF files in web app (www.camscanner.com)
Send doc links with password protection
Set expiration date of doc link
High-quality scan
No Ads
No CamScanner Watermark on PDFs
If you are interested in these attractive features, upgrade to CamScanner premium account to have
an unforgettable experience.
How to upgrade to premium account?
Tap at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to right to
open a sidebar
Tap “Settings” to enter the “Settings” page
Tap “Upgrade to Premium” to enter the Premium introduction page
Your account can be upgraded to premium by choosing a monthly or yearly subscription.
45. Settings
What can you set for scanning?
CamScanner provides you multi choices for scanning on the Scan Settings page. And you can set
the default options based on the type of files frequently scanned.
Tap at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to right to
open a sidebar
Tap “Settings” to enter the “Settings” page
Tap “Scan” to enter the “Scan” settings page
Choose “High Quality Scan” to improve the scan effect (*Premium Account
Feature)
Tap “Enhancement Settings” to choose the default ehance mode
You can also set a default choice for “Anti-Shake” and “Auto Save to Album”.
Tap “OCR Language” to set the default recognition language based on your
frequently scanned documents to improve the OCR recognition accuracy.
46. What can you set for PDF?
CamScanner provides you some PDF settings on the Property page, you can set the default options
to meet your requirement.
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page, and tap “More” at the lower right corner of the page
to enter the “Actions” page.
Tap “PDF Preview” to preview the PDF file
Tap “Attribute” to enter the “Property” page
Tap “Set PDF Password” to open a popup menu and input a password to encrypt
the PDF file
Tap “Portrait” or “Landscape” to set the PDF direction
Tap on a standard size to set the page size of PDF
User Zone
Want to know more about CamScanner and other users?
47. Tap at the upper right corner of the Home Screen to open a sidebar
You can check apps recommended by us under the “Hot Apps”
You can get special offers like sales campaign, discount, etc. under the “Special Offer”
Under the “User Center” you can view user stories and get help.
Tap “User Stories” to enjoy the User, Video and News sections
Tap “Help” to check the user manual