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    How do I identify a PDF once it's scanned?
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    When you save your PDF, you can select the destination of where it saves to, like the desktop or your downloads folder. You can also rename a PDF after it has been scanned.
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    I have a folder of 50 pages (files) that I wish to scan into PDFs. How can I save this folder with each page having its own file identifier rather than as one PDF file with 50 pages?
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    First, save all the pages as a PDF in one large document. Then, go to "Tools," open "Organize Pages," and select "Extract." You can then select "Extract pages as separate files." Each page can then be renamed and saved to any destination.
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    After saving the scanned document, how do I trace it and attach it to email?
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    When you scan your documents, they usually go into a 'scanned documents' folder. So to attach it to an email, just click on attach and then in Documents you just find that document and attach it.
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    How do I scan documents if I can't open PDF files on my PC?
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    You need to download a PDF reader, such as Adobe or Foxit. Alternatively, your scanner should be able to handle a variety of file types, like .jpg (JPEG) or TIFF.
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    How do I scan documents into PDF using Adobe Reader?
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    You need Adobe DC Pro to do that. It's not free, but you can download a 7-day free trial.
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    What do I do if I can scan, but I can't name the file or send it to a folder?
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    Where does the file end up? If you can find the file in your file explorer (Windows Explorer), then you should be able to rename it right there by right-clicking on it and choosing "Rename" or by selecting it with a single left click and choosing "File > Rename."
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    How can I scan multiple documents at once from a feeder scanner into one PDF file?
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    You will have to scan each page but once you have them all scanned, grab the original image files from the scan directory (mine was in c:\documents\scanned documents) and highlight them all and right click and press print. Choose print to pdf then change the printer options to Portrait instead of landscape (if thats the orientation you want) and hit Print. You will have all the pages in one PDF document. Please note the order of pages goes by the order you have them in the directory so be careful as it may have it misordered.
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    Why does my document get converted to landscape when it is portrait when I convert it to PDF?
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    In the bottom right corner, click options, which is in blue text. Then, go to printer properties. A menu should show up showing its layout where you can switch it from landscape to portrait.
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    How do I send a scanned document in an email?
    Shoban Chiddarth
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    Open your preferred mail client like Gmail or Thunderbird and drag and drop the PDF file into it and enter the recipient's email address and hit send.
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    Can I convert a document into a PDF on an iPhone?
    Shoban Chiddarth
    Shoban Chiddarth
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    Use Google Drive scanner or Adobe Scanner or Office Lens for that. Follow the steps in that page's support articles to know for each app.
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    How can I scan multiple pages and save them into one PDF file?
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    Try scanning a multi-paged document into a .tiff file. Then open the .tiff file, presses the print button at the top left, and it will show a screen with all the pages. Use the print to .pdf option.
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