Notes Document Scan Produces PDF Images Instead of Desired PDF Documents
Sometimes when scanning documents via Notes app on my iPhone 14, my resulting "document" is an image of multiple pages instead of a pdf document with separate pages. Other times, using this same procedure, I actually get a document. Often this requires several scans to get. Why are my results so inconsistent and/or the app so unintuitive in it's behavior?
- I have a two-page document.
- I scan each page via Notes app per scan instructions provided to many others with this same issue (fwiw this instruction is not very helpful judging by lack of any resolution -- eg. new note, camera, scan documents)
- Save 2 pages
- Air drop to my computer - shows up in notes... The format below results.
- Attempt to change it into an actual PDF DOCUMENT (it is actually an image for some reason)
- Select "File" -> "Export as PDF" (NOTE: when it works - this step is not needed. Unsure what happens to prevent transmission of an "actual" pdf document instead of an image pdf.)
- Get this unhelpful format..(note - this is just an example. The actual tax document and others I've had this issue with are all plain text with no images. Not that it should matter.)
Obviously, the image of a document is not as useful as an actual document. As such it is not helpful for transmission or collaboration with others.