ToPDF Guides

Step-by-step guides to every feature — from your first scan to multi-page documents, reordering, naming and sharing.

The right way to scan each kind of document — passports, ID cards, receipts, contracts, books and more — with the pitfalls specific to each.

Scanning on iPhone, Android, iPad, Windows, Mac and Chromebook — plus HEIC photos, home-screen installs and app-free workflows.

Straight answers about document privacy: what online scanners do with your files, how on-device processing works, and safe habits for IDs and sensitive papers.

Fair, practical comparisons: browser scanning vs the big apps, phones vs flatbeds, and what “free” means in each case.

Sharper, cleaner, straighter: lighting, steadiness, glare, folds and every other reason a scan disappoints — with the fix for each.

What PDFs actually are, why the world standardised on them, and how to handle size, printing, emailing and archiving like it’s easy.

Visa files, job applications, tax season, moving house: the multi-document situations of real life, turned into calm checklists.

The technology behind on-device scanning, explained for curious humans: edge detection, perspective math, OCR, MRZ and browser AI.

Short, straight answers to the most-asked questions about ToPDF and browser scanning.