Making Digital Versions of Handwritten Work
To create a PDF version of work that you have written or drawn on paper:
Take a picture of each page of the work, using a smartphone camera, computer webcam, or other digital camera. Make sure that each picture is as straight, evenly lit, and in-focus as possible.
If you are using a smartphone camera, a scanner app can help with straightening pages, cropping, and combining multiple pages into a single PDF file.
Recommended scanner apps
(iOS/Android)
Office Lens (/)
(iOS only)
(Android only)
Converting and combining image files on your computer
You can also use your computer to convert photos to PDF files and also combine multiple images into a single PDF file.
To convert image files to PDF files in MacOS:
- Open the image file in Preview
- Select File > Export to PDF
- Save
To convert image files to PDF files in Windows:
- Open the image file in Photos
- Select Print > Microsoft Print to PDF
- Save
(MacOS)
(MacOS, Windows)
If you have questions about creating PDFs from photos of your handwritten work, please contact its@reed.edu.