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Introduction to scanning documents with Microsoft Lens

Microsoft Office Lens was an app that enabled users to take photos of whiteboards, business cards, and other documents. However, it was , although users can still access scans previously created and stored on that device.

Microsoft recommends installing the OneDrive app instead and using its scan feature.

How to scan with the OneDrive app

    1. Open the OneDrive app on your mobile device.
    2. Select the ���+��� button on the bottom泭corner.
    3. Select Scan photo to scan your documents.
    4. Save it to your desired location in your OneDrive.

Note: OneDrive does not support saving scans locally on your device.

Step by Step Instructions for Scanning Documents with Microsoft Lens

  1. Download泭Office Lens泭to your phone or tablet.
    1. Office Lens泭is available on Android, Apple, and Windows devices.
  2. Open泭Office Lens泭and泭permit泭it access to your photos and camera.
  3. Select泭the appropriate material that is being scanned on the bottom of the app, i.e.泭Document,泭Whiteboard,泭泭etc.
  4. Line up泭the泭document泭on the screen, and泭wait泭for泭an orange box泭to appear around the intended object.
  5. Press泭the泭White button泭on the bottom of the screen to take a picture.
  6. (Optional setting)泭Adjust the document borders if needed by dragging the white corner circles to the corners of the document.
  7. Office Lens will present a brightened more contrasted version of the image and several buttons on the bottom.
    1. Select the泭Add button (camera icon with a plus sign on it) to take additional pictures to be added to the same file. This is recommended for book chapters and PDFs.
    2. Filters allow for visual adjustment.
    3. Crop allows for adjusting of the document borders and Rotate allows for correcting the orientation of the document.
    4. More includes泭Ink for drawing markup and泭Text for typing markup.
    5. Select Done to complete the image capture.
  8. Select泭which泭file format泭in which to泭export泭the images.
    1. The default method is PDF; be aware that manual text recognition and correction might be needed (“PDF Tagging”).
    2. A泭Word (OCR Document)泭can also be created from recognized text; always review text to ensure 100% accuracy.
    3. Additional file types can be used once signed into泭Office Lens.
  9. After泭saving泭the泭PDF,泭Office Lens泭will take you to a location named泭My Scans.泭Press泭and泭hold泭on the泭file泭you mean to泭send.
  10. Select the share icon on the top right to share the file.

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