Scan Paper Documents And Save To PDF Format With WinScan2PDF

There are some old scanners which lets you save a document in image formats e.g PNG or JPEG. After you have finished scanning the document , you have to either use an image to PDF converter or use a PDF printer to convert the scanned document in the required PDF format.

If you want to directly save scanned documents as PDF, here is a free software for Windows which will be useful.

WinScan2PDF is a free portable application for Windows which allows you to scan paper documents and save them as PDF files. All you have to do is select the source of the document to be scanned and hit the “Scan to PDF button”.

Scan paper documents directly to PDF

Hence you can save yourself from using another image to PDF conversion utlity. The application is free for personal use and works with all Windows versions e.g Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7

Download WinScan2PDF (19 Kb)

If you use Google Docs as your online office suite, make sure to check out this trick on how you can scan and save your paper documents at Google Docs

Tip: How to convert PDF documents to PowerPoint presentations

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Written by on Wednesday, August 25th, 2010

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