How to scan multiple pages into one PDF.
Get a step-by-step guide to consolidating your documents.
Why learn how to scan multiple pages into one PDF? Let’s say you need to read an article, a story, or a document — but it’s lengthy, and you don’t want to carry around a ton of papers. Sound like a familiar struggle?
With technology today, you can easily avoid this problem with mobile scanning. However, when you scan and upload a document to your computer, you create another potential problem — organization (try this quick demo to see how you can easily edit and organize your files). That’s where merging your documents comes in.
Learn how to scan multiple pages and merge them into one PDF to save yourself time, money, and an organizational headache.
Will my pages stay in order when I scan multiple pages to PDF?
Depending on the device you’re using to upload your scanned document, keeping your PDF pages in order can be a common struggle. This article covers how to scan and reorder pages on almost all platforms so that you can access your information efficiently and keep everything organized.
How to scan multiple pages into one PDF.
Follow these steps to scan and merge your PDF documents:
- Download mobile scanning technology. With a mobile free scanning app, you can snap a photo of your printed documents, written notes, book pages — you name it — and upload it directly to your devices as a PDF. Scanning technology doesn’t just upload a photo of your content, though. Quality technology should also auto-detect borders, sharpen content, and create a shareable, editable PDF for your files.
- Merge your PDFs. Likely, the document you’re scanning is several pages long. Drag and drop the individual PDF files to merge PDFs into one document.
- Edit, annotate, and share. Do whatever you’d do with your written document from the convenience of your phone, tablet, or laptop. You can invite other users to collaborate, make your own edits, and share with friends or colleagues.
Can I reorder my pages after I scan multiple pages to PDF?
If your pages are in the incorrect order after scanning multiple pages to PDF, you can easily reorganize them by accessing Acrobat online services.
- Open Acrobat online services in your web browser.
- Select the Reorder pages tool.
- Drag and drop your PDF files.
- Select the pages you want to rearrange.
- Click Save.
After I scan multiple pages to PDF, can I split them?
After a document is scanned, the pages can easily be split into different files using Acrobat online services.
- Open Acrobat online services in your web browser.
- Select the Split PDF tool.
- Drag and drop your PDF file.
- Use the divider lines to define where you would like to split the file.
- Click Save.
How to scan multiple pages to one PDF on Windows 10.
Follow these steps to scan multiple pages to PDF on Windows 10 using a scanner.
- Download the scanner software that matches your device. On Windows, Acrobat supports TWAIN and Windows Image Acquisition (WIA).
- Connect your printer and choose the scanning method. There will be an option to use the automatic feeder tray or to place the files onto the scanner glass.
- Scan your pages. Press Scan on your printer.
- Once you have scanned your pages, you’ll have two options: Save or Save and continue scanning. Click the Save and continue scanning option to scan multiple pages to PDF.
- Click the Save option and then select Save as PDF to finish.
How to scan multiple pages to one PDF on a Mac.
The steps to scan multiple pages to PDF on a Mac are very similar to those for Windows 10.
- Download the scanner software. MacOS supports TWAIN and Image Capture (ICA).
- Connect your printer and choose the scanning method. There will be an option to use the automatic feeder tray or to place the files onto the scanner glass.
- Scan your pages. Press Scan on your printer.
- Once you have scanned your pages, you’ll have two options: Save or Save and continue scanning. Click the Save and continue scanning option to scan multiple pages to PDF.
- Click the Save option and then select Save as PDF to finish.
How to scan multiple pages to one PDF on an iPhone.
Adobe Scan is a great free resource for scanning pages to PDF on an iPhone. To download and use it, follow these steps.
- Install Adobe Scan from the App Store and launch the app.
- Use the slider below the camera to select the document type you want to scan.
- Point your iPhone camera at the document. The app will automatically identify the document’s edges and scan it.
- Tap Keep Scanning if you need to scan additional pages.
- Once you’re finished, tap Adjust.
- Adjust your scans by tweaking the brightness, reordering and cropping pages, cleaning and marking up documents, and more.
- Save your scanned pages as a new PDF file.
How to scan multiple pages to one PDF on an Android.
Adobe Scan also works on Android devices. Here are the steps to download and use it.
- Install Adobe Scan from the App Store and launch the app.
- Use the slider below the camera to select the document type you want to scan.
- Point your Android camera at the document. The app will automatically identify the document’s edges and scan it.
- Tap Keep Scanning if you need to scan additional pages.
- Once you’re finished, tap Adjust.
- Adjust your scans by tweaking the brightness, reordering and cropping pages, cleaning and marking up documents, and more.
- Save your scanned pages as a new PDF file.
Resources to do more with your PDFs.
After you scan multiple pages into one PDF document, you might be faced with other PDF-related needs. Here are a few additional guides to read through if you’re looking to do more with your PDFs.
- Learn how to make your PDF searchable.
- Have a lot of info to work with? Learn how to edit a PDF in Word.
You can also make your PDF smaller after you scan multiple pages:
- Use our tool to compress PDFs online.
- Learn how to compress a PDF to 200KB or less.
- Learn how to compress a PDF to 1MB.
- Learn how to compress a PDF on an Android.
- Learn how to compress a PDF on an iPhone.
- Learn how to compress a PDF on an iPad.