Here is a list of applications for scanning PDF documents using a mobile phone camera.
OS | Applications |
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Android (Google) | Genius Scan, CamScanner, Tiny Scanner, Office Lens, ... |
iOS (Apple) | Genius Scan, Aperçu, InstaPdf, Scan Pages, Doc Scan, ... |
Windows Phone (Microsoft) | CamScanner, Office Lens, Handy Scan, ... |
BlackBerry OS (RIM) | Scan to PDF Free, Camera Scanner for PDF, ... |
Create your PDF files
A large number of word processing programs allow you to save documents in PDF format (Word, Open Office, Libre Office, ...).
Similarly, the latest operating systems natively include a virtual printer with the possibility to "print to a PDF file".
You can install and use free virtual printers such as PDF Creator, CutePDF Write, ... or check and update your word processing software.
Merge or split your PDF files
There are several applications to install on your computer:
OS | Applications |
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Microsoft Windows | PDF Studio Standard, PDF Architect, PDFsam, jPdf Tweak, ... |
Apple MacOS | PDF Studio Standard, PDF Architect, PDFsam, jPdf Tweak, ... |
Linux | pdftk, pdfunite, pdfseparate, qpdf, gs, ... |
Here is a non-exhaustive list of existing tools :
file type | OS | Programs to install on a computer |
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Microsoft Windows | PDFCreator, FileMinimizer PDF, PDF Reducer Free, Adobe Acrobat, ... | |
Apple MacOs | Aperçu, iSkysoft PDF Editor, Adobe Acrobat, ... | |
Linux | Shrinkpdf, pdftk, convert, ... | |
JPG/JPEG | Microsoft Windows | Caesium, FILEminimizer Pitures, FileOptimizer, ... |
Apple MacOs | ImageOptim, OSX Image Resizer, JPEGmini Lite, ... | |
Linux | jpegoptim, ... | |
PNG | Microsoft Windows | Caesium, FILEminimizer Pitures, FileOptimizer, OptiPNG, ... |
Apple MacOs | ImageOptim, OSX Image Resizer, ... | |
Linux | OptiPNG, ... |