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How to Scan Multiple Pages to PDF on Windows and Mac

You are working on an assignment and you have created a number of pages and you need to have the in a standard format. The best format here is Portable Document Format popularly known as PDF. This format enables you to view your document from any device while retaining its format. However, to scan multiple pages to PDF you need to look for an effective software that can do it smartly and speedy. This guide will show you how to finish the task on Windows and Mac.

Method 1Scanning Multiple Pages into One PDF on Windows

Adobe Acrobat is one of the tools that you can use to scan several pages to PDF document on your computer. Let's see how to use its scan to PDF option.

Step 1. Launch Adobe Acrobat

Open Adobe Acrobat on your computer. On the "File" menu, and then select "Create PDF" followed "PDF from Scanner" option. Then choose "Auto Color Mode" from the submenu.

Step 2. Scanning Multiple Pages into One PDF

The program will allow you to select scanner that you want to use. Now make the settings of your scanner. To scan more pages you need to select "Scan More Pages". Click "OK" to start the process.

Method 2Turn Multiple Pages to One PDF on Mac

Wondershare PDFelement for Mac is an all in one PDF editor tool which is designed with several editing features that you may want to use, ranging from text modification, to page modification.

scanning multiple pages to pdf
  • It allows you to combine multiple pages into one PDF.
  • Modify every element in your PDF including text, images and pages.
  • Creates PDF from HTML, images, existing documents, and also blank documents as well as converting your PDF to formats like HTML, EPUB, Excel, PowerPoint, images and text.
  • Fills out your PDF forms or create PDF forms with text fields, buttons, lists and more.
  • Its OCR features allows you to edit scanned PDF or copy texts from it.
  • It is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.12 (Sierra), 10.11 (El Capitan), 10.10 (Yosemite), 10.9 (Mavericks), 10.8 and 10.7.

Step 1. Launch PDFelement

Launch PDFelement on your Mac computer. One the Home window you will see a "Combine Files" button. Click on it and drag and drop your files into the pop-up window. PDFelement supports a variety of import formats including image and document.

Step 2. Convert Multiple Pages into One

Next you can click "Options" to choose the file size for the output file. Finally click "Combine" to merge multiple pages into one. Then go to the "File" menu and click "Save" to get the combined PDF.

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Published: Mar 28,2016 15:55 pm / Updated: Sep 19,2016 17:25 pm

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