CamScanner V 3.6 User Manual for Android provides instructions for using various features of the CamScanner app, including:
1) Creating documents by taking photos or importing existing images, cropping and enhancing images, and performing text recognition.
2) Sharing documents via links, email, or social media; inviting friends to view shared documents and add comments.
3) Finding, editing, organizing, and managing scanned documents using tags, search, titles/notes, and text recognition.
1. CamScanner V 3.6
User Manual for Android
Content
Create Documents ...........................................................................................................................3
How to create a document by taking photo?.........................................................................3
How to create a document by choosing an existing image? .................................................4
Crop & Enhance ...............................................................................................................................4
How to crop an image?............................................................................................................4
How to enhance image quality?..............................................................................................5
Texts Recognition & Search ............................................................................................................7
How to recognize the texts in the image? ..............................................................................7
How to search the texts in the image? ...................................................................................8
Find a Document..............................................................................................................................8
How to quickly find a document?...........................................................................................8
Share...............................................................................................................................................11
How to share a single document?.........................................................................................11
How to share multiple documents?......................................................................................12
How to share a single image?................................................................................................13
How to share the texts in a doc’s single page? (Paid App Feature)....................................14
How to generate and share a .txt file for OCRed texts and notes of a document?
(Premium Only).....................................................................................................................15
Invite & Comment..........................................................................................................................15
How to invite friends and share documents to them?........................................................15
How to view and add a comment to the shared documents?.............................................16
Shared with Me..............................................................................................................................17
How to view the documents shared with you? ...................................................................17
How to comment on the documents shared with you? ......................................................17
How to re-invite friends to view the shared documents?...................................................18
How to share the documents shared with you by others? .................................................19
Edit a document.............................................................................................................................20
How to add or modify the title?............................................................................................20
How to add a picture for a document?.................................................................................21
How to add annotations? ......................................................................................................21
How to add watermark?........................................................................................................22
How to add a note?................................................................................................................23
How to view a note? ..............................................................................................................24
Document Collage (Premium Only) .............................................................................................25
How to display multiple documents in a single page?........................................................25
Manage Documents.......................................................................................................................26
How to secure your documents? ..........................................................................................26
2. How to add documents?........................................................................................................27
How to merge documents? ...................................................................................................27
How to delete documents?....................................................................................................28
How to sort the documents?.................................................................................................29
How to sort the images inside a document?........................................................................30
How to display the images inside a document by last page on top?..................................31
How to display the documents in list view/tiles view?......................................................32
Manage and Set Tags .....................................................................................................................33
How to manage tags?.............................................................................................................33
How to set tags for a single document? ...............................................................................33
How to set tags for multiple documents? ............................................................................34
Sign in / Register ...........................................................................................................................35
Why create an account? ........................................................................................................35
How to sign in/register? .......................................................................................................36
How to Change a Username? ................................................................................................36
Sync.................................................................................................................................................37
How to sync files? ..................................................................................................................37
How to sync files across phones, tablets and computers?..................................................38
Cloud Space....................................................................................................................................38
How to expand your cloud space?........................................................................................38
Upload & Print & Fax.....................................................................................................................39
How to upload your files to the CamScanner Cloud?..........................................................39
How to upload your files to a third-party storage platform? .............................................40
How to auto upload files to a third-party storage platform? (*Premium Only)................40
CamScanner provides you to an option to auto upload all your files to a third-party storage
platform like “Box”, “Google”, etc.........................................................................................40
How to print documents via Wi-Fi? .....................................................................................41
How to fax documents?.........................................................................................................42
Premium Account..........................................................................................................................43
Why upgrade to premium account?.....................................................................................43
How to upgrade to premium account?.................................................................................43
Settings...........................................................................................................................................44
What can you set for scanning? ............................................................................................44
What can you set for PDF? ....................................................................................................45
User Zone .......................................................................................................................................46
Want to know more about CamScanner and other users? .................................................46
3. Create Documents
How to create a document by taking photo?
Tap button at the bottom of the Home Page, CamScanner will automatically turn on the
camera and enter the document shooting page.
Hold and drag the white slider or tap button to adjust the focal length
In single mode, tap button to switch to the batch mode, and CamScanner will
support the continuous shooting
In batch mode, tap button to switch to the single mode which is the default option
Tap button to show six function buttons:
Tap button to choose the file size
Tap button to choose the orientation of the document
Tap button to show the tool on the screen, and your camera is kept at the
horizontal position when the tool disappears
4. Tap or button to open or close the camera sound, and the default one is open
Tap to choose the flash mode
Tap button to open or close the grid
In single mode, tap to complete the shooting
In batch mode, consecutively tap to shoot and the number at the upper right corner of
the icon stands for the number of shooting images
How to create a document by choosing an existing image?
CamScanner provides you to scan an existing document image stored in your album. So you can
import your image directly.
Tap button at the lower right corner of the Home Page
Choose an existing image from your phone or third-party cloud storage
Crop & Enhance
How to crop an image?
CamScanner provides you with a feature to detect the document border automatically and remove
the unwanted parts.
After shooting or choosing an image, it will automatically find the document border and display it
on the screen.
5. If you are not satisfied with the auto recognized border, you can use your finger to adjust the
8 blue circles around by pressing and dragging them. And the enlarge image will show at the
corner of the screen to help you crop borders manually.
Tap to rotate the image
Tap to back to the full screen and tap to reset the auto-detect edges
If you are satisfied with the cropping, please tap to the next step.
Otherwise, you can tap to back to the capturing or selecting page.
How to enhance image quality?
After cropping, you can enhance the image quality.
CamScanner provides you five types of enhancement mode, which are original, lighten, Magic
Color, Grayscale and B&M. And CamScanner choose “Magic Color” mode to process image by
default, however, you can choose an enhancement mode depending on the type of the scanned
image or your personal interests.
6. Tap the icons at the top of the page to switch the enhancement modes
Original: If you do not want to enhance the image, “original” mode is recommended.
Lighten: If your scans are colorful and bright like a magazine, “lighten” mode may be
suitable.
Magic Color: If you want to make the document more readable, "Magic Color" can help
a lot.
Grayscale: If you want to send the image as a small file to save your mobile data,
“grayscale” mode may meet your needs.
B&W: If your scans are black and white prints, “B&W” mode may be a good choice.
Or tap each one to see the visual effects, and choose one you like most.
Tap to open the brightness & contrast adjustment page, and you can adjust the
brightness, contrast and refine details manually.
Tap to rotate the image
Tap button to finishing the processing
7. Or button to back to the page of border adjustment and cropping
Texts Recognition & Search
How to recognize the texts in the image?
CamScanner provides you to recognize the texts in the image, which is the OCR feature. Using
this feature can help you quickly find documents, export, and share pictures of texts in the image.
For registered users:
Sign in CamScanner with your account.
After signing in, all the texts in the images will be automatically recognized.
Enter the Edit view of a single page of a document and tap “Recognize” at the bottom of
the page if you want to view the recognized texts.
For unregistered users:
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the thumbnail to enter the Edit
page
8. Tap “Recognize” at the bottom of the page, the image will be automatically recognized
and the recognized texts will be highlighted in yellow.
After recognition, tap “View Texts” to view the recognized texts
How to search the texts in the image?
CamScanner provides you to search the texts in the image after recognition.
After recognition, tap button on the Home Screen and input some words in the texts of
the image to quickly find the corresponding image.
Tap the found image and then tap the thumbnail, you can see the inputted words have been
covered in yellow marks on the image
Find a Document
How to quickly find a document?
9. CamScanner provides you three ways to quickly find a document: use tags, search titles/notes and
search texts within the image.
Use your tags
Tags have the same functions like keywords and can associate your documents with categories and
locations. For example, if you want to find a train ticket and the Invoice Tag can help a lot.
After scanning a document and saving it into your phone, you can set one or more tags to the
document which helps you to quickly find it. Please refer to Manage and Set Tags for more details.
Tap “My Docs” at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to
right to open a sidebar
Tap “Tags” on the sidebar to enter the tag manager page
Tap on a tag name to view the docments inside
Frequently managing your tags can effectively save your finding time.
Search among the titles/notes of the documents
Tap at the upper right corner of the Home Screen
Enter some words contained in your target document’s title or note, the document will
be found out automatically.
10. Search among the texts in the image recognized
If you do not remember or set a title or note for your targeted document, while this
document image has been recognized with OCR.
You can tap at the upper right corner of the Home Screen
Input some words contained in the texts of the image, and then CamScanner will quickly
find the corresponding document.
11. Share
How to share a single document?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap “Share” to open the “Share Document”
popup menu.
Share doc link: You can choose to share the file link through messaging, email, etc.
Share PDF file: You can choose to share the document as PDF file.
Share document link with password protection: Enter a password and send the encrypted file
link. You can also set an expiration date for the doc link. (Premium Only)
Share .txt file: You can share all the OCRed texts and notes as .txt file. (Premium Only)
12. How to share multiple documents?
Press on the Home Screen and pull down, three icons will show under “My Docs”. Tap on the
right one to enter the multi-select mode.
Choose one or more documents by tapping on the right circle of them
Tap “Share” to open the “Share Document” popup menu
Share doc link: You can choose to share the file link through messaging, email, etc.
Share doc link with password protection: Enter a password and send the encrypt file link.
You can also set an expiration date for the link. (Premium Only)
Share PDF file: You can choose to share the docs as PDF file.
Share .txt file: You can choose to share the OCRed texts and notes of the docs as .txt
file.
13. How to share a single image?
If you needn’t to share the entire document, but only one image inside, you can choose this way.
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the thumbnail to enter the Edit
page
Tap “Share” to open the “Share Current Page” popup menu
Tap “Send via email” to send the image attached in JPG file format
Tap “Share via social media” to share it via Facebook, Twitter, etc.
Tap “Save to Gallery” to save it to your album
Tap "Upload/Print/Fax" to upload it to your CamScanner or a third-party Cloud, you can
also print or fax it.
Tap “Others” to share it via apps on your phone
14. How to share the texts in a doc’s single page? (Paid App Feature)
Tap “Share” at the upper right corner of the “Recognized Text” Page to share texts
You can choose to “Save to SD card”, “Copy to Clipboard” or share texts via Bluetooth,
15. Email, etc.
How to generate and share a .txt file for OCRed texts and notes of a
document? (Premium Only)
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap “Share” to open the “Share
Document” popup menu.
Tap “Share .txt file” to generate a .txt file for OCRed texts and notes of the document and
share it.
Invite & Comment
How to invite friends and share documents to them?
CamScanner offers an invitation feature. You can invite friends to share your documents and read
their comments.
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and tap “Invite” button at the bottom of the
16. page to open the “Collaborators” popup menu.
Tap “Invite” button in the middle or button at the upper right corner of the popup menu
to enter the “Add People” page
You can enter the email address or phone number of your friends
And the invited friends will be listed in the Contact List here.
How to view and add a comment to the shared documents?
CamScanner offers an invitation feature. You can invite friends to share your documents and read
their comments.
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap “Comment” at the bottom of the
page to open the “Comment” popup menu to read the comments.
Tap button to add a comment
Tap “Close” at the upper left corner of the popup menu to save and close it
17. Shared with Me
How to view the documents shared with you?
CamScanner offers an invitation feature. You can tap “Shared with Me” to view and comment on
the documents shared with you.
Tap “My Docs” at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to
right to open a sidebar
Tap “Shared with Me” on the sidebar to enter the “Shared with Me” page, and you can view
or commend on the shared document.
How to comment on the documents shared with you?
Tap “My Docs” at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to
right to open a sidebar
18. Tap “Shared with Me” on the sidebar to enter the “Shared with Me” page
Tap on the thumbnail to view the shared document
Tap on the “Comment” button at the bottom of the page to open a “Comment”
popup menu
Tap button to add a comment
Tap “Close” at the upper left corner of the popup menu to save and close it
How to re-invite friends to view the shared documents?
Tap “My Docs” at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to
right to open a sidebar
Tap “Shared with Me” on the sidebar to enter the “Shared with Me” page
Tap on the thumbnail to view the shared document
Tap on the “Invite” button at the bottom of the page to open a “Collaborators”
popup menu
19. Tap button to add collaborators by entering their email addresses or phone
numbers
How to share the documents shared with you by others?
20. Tap “My Docs” at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to
right to open a sidebar
Tap “Shared with Me” on the sidebar to enter the “Shared with Me” page
Tap on the thumbnail to view the shared document
Tap on the “Share” button at the bottom of the page to open the “Share Document”
popup menu
You can share it through “Bluetooth”, “Email”, “wi-Fi Direct” and etc.
“Print/Fax” is also available here.
Edit a document
How to add or modify the title?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the upper right button to modify
the title.
21. How to add a picture for a document?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap “Add” to shoot an image.
After shooting and processing, the new one will be added to this document
If you want to add a picture for a document by importing from album, tap button to
open a drop-down menu
Tap “Import from Gallery” to import a picture form your album
You can also choose to import from a third-party cloud storage
How to add annotations?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the thumbnail to enter the Edit page.
Tap “Mark” and choose “Add Annotation”.
Tap to set the pen’s properties.
Tap to switch the type of pen
22. Slide to vary the thickness of handwriting
Choose a color on the Color Palette
Tap to use the rubber
Tap on the to vary the size of rubber
Tap “Clear All” to clear all annotations
Tap to undo the last annotation or tap to cancel the undo
Tap to save all annotations
How to add watermark?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the thumbnail to enter the Edit page.
Tap “Mark” and choose “Add Watermark”.
Tap “Enter Watermark Texts” to input some words
Press and drag to adjust the size and angle of the watermark
23. Choose a watermark color at the bottom of the page
Tap at the upper right corner of the page to save it
How to add a note?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the thumbnail to enter the Edit page.
Tap “Note” at the lower right corner of the page.
24. Input some words on the Note page and tap “Close” at the upper left corner to save your note.
How to view a note?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page.
Tap button at the upper right corner of the thumbnail to view the note
Tap button to back to the thumbnail
25. Document Collage (Premium Only)
How to display multiple documents in a single page?
If you want to insert multiple documents like different kinds of invoices and receipts into a single
page, CamScanner provides you to create doc collage for multiple documents.
26. Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and tap button to open a drop-down
menu.
Tap “Collage” to select a type for your doc collage
You can select a type for the collage according to the number and size of the docs you need to
display on a page
Manage Documents
How to secure your documents?
CamScanner provides you a document encryption feature. Set a password to the selected
document, and then anyone who wants to see your encrypt documents should input this passcode.
27. Press on the Home Screen and pull down, three icons will show under “My Docs”. Tap on the
right one to enter the multi-select mode.
Choose one or more encrypted documents by tapping on the right circle of them
Tap “Lock” button at the bottom of the page and choose “OK” on the popup menu
Tap “Turn Password On” on the “Security & Backup” page to enter a password for the
selected documents
How to add documents?
CamScanner provides you two ways to scan documents, which are capturing a document and
choosing an existing image in your album.
Refer to Create Documents for more details
How to merge documents?
Press on the Home Screen and pull down, three icons will show under “My Docs”. Tap on the
28. right one to enter the multi-select mode.
Choose one or more documents by tapping on the right circle of them
Tap “Merge” button at the bottom of the page and open a popup menu
You can choose to “Merge and keep old Documents” or “Merge but not Keep Old
Documents”
How to delete documents?
Press on the Home Screen and pull down, three icons will show under “My Docs”. Tap on the
right one to enter the multi-select mode.
29. Choose one or more documents by tapping on the right circle of them
Tap “Delete” button at the bottom of the page and open a “Delete” popup menu
Tap “OK” to delete the selected documents
How to sort the documents?
Press on the Home Screen and pull down to see the tool bar under My Docs.
30. Tap on the button and open a “Choose Sort Method” popup menu
You can choose to sort by “Modified Time” or “Creation Time”.
And you can choose to sort from newest to oldest or oldest to newest as you like
How to sort the images inside a document?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the upper right button to modify
the title, delete and sort images in a document.
Press and drag to sort the images up and down
Tap button to save it.
31. How to display the images inside a document by last page on top?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the upper right button to open a
drop-down menu.
Tap “View by” to open a popup menu
You can choose “First on top” or “Last on top” to set the display order of the images.
32. How to display the documents in list view/tiles view?
Press on the Home Screen and pull down to see the tool bar under “My Docs”.
In the list view, tap the left button to switch to the tiles view
33. In the tiles view, tap the left button to switch to the list view.
Manage and Set Tags
How to manage tags?
Tap “My Docs” at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to right to
open a sidebar.
Tap “Tags” on the sidebar and enter the “Tags” page
Tap “Add” at the lower left corner and enter a tag name, choose “OK” to add it
Tap “Edit” at the lower right corner, and you can edit the tags name or delete the tags
How to set tags for a single document?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page.
34. Tap button at the upper right corner of the page to choose “Set Tag”
Choose one or more tags for the selected documents on the popup menu
Tap “OK” to save the action
How to set tags for multiple documents?
Press on the Home Screen and pull down, three icons will show under “My Docs”. Tap on the
right one to enter the multi-select mode.
35. Choose one or more documents by tapping on the right circle of them
Tap “tag” at the bottom of the page to open a “Set Tag” popup menu
Choose one or more tags for the selected documents
Tap “Done” to save the action
Sign in / Register
Why create an account?
Having a CamScanner account can let you enjoy more features like upload your documents to
CamScanner Cloud, sync across all your devices, etc. Refer to “Benefit of Sign-up” button on the
“Sign In” page.
Besides, CamScanner offers two types of account, which are Free Accounts and Premium
Accounts. And premium account user can enjoy additional powerful features. Refer to Premium
Account for more details
36. How to sign in/register?
Tap “My Docs” at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to right to
open a sidebar.
Tap “Sign in/Register” on the sidebar and enter the “Sign In” page
Tap “Register” button and use your Email or Phone Number to register your
account
After registered, sign in your account and your files will be automatically
synchronized.
How to Change a Username?
Tap “My Docs” at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to right to
open a sidebar.
Tap “Sign in/Register” on the sidebar to sign in
After signed in, tap your account name to enter the “Account Settings”
37. Tap “Username” to set or change your username
Sync
How to sync files?
Auto Sync: After logged in, the files will be automatically synchronized.
Manual Sync: You can also choose the manual sync way by pulling down on the documents
list page to sync files anytime.
Log in on www.camscanner.net to synchronize the documents to your computer and organize
them.
38. Tap “settings” on the sidebar, choose “Sync”.
You can see the last synced time.
And tap “Auto Sync” button to open the “Auto Sync” popup menu.
You can choose to sync “Over Wi-Fi only” or “Over Wi-Fi or Mobile Network”
How to sync files across phones, tablets and computers?
Log in on another phone or computer by the same way and the files saved by your account will be
automatically synchronized to this device.
Cloud Space
How to expand your cloud space?
39. Tap “My Docs” at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to
right to open a sidebar
Tap “Cloud Space” to enter the “free expand your cloud space” page
Complete the operations to add your cloud space.
Upload & Print & Fax
How to upload your files to the CamScanner Cloud?
Logging in on any device can synchronize your files to the CamScanner cloud and enjoy the cloud
services. Log in on www.camscanner.net to synchronize the documents to your computer and
organize them.
40. How to upload your files to a third-party storage platform?
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the thumbnail to enter the Edit
page
Tap “Share” at the bottom of the page to open a popup menu
Tap “Upload/Print/Fax” and choose “Upload” at the top of the page
Tap “Sync” at the right side of CamScanner to upload your files to cloud
You can also choose to upload the document to a third-party storage platform like “Box”,
“Google Drive”, etc.
How to auto upload files to a third-party storage platform? (*Premium
Only)
CamScanner provides you to an option to auto upload all your files to a third-party storage
platform like “Box”, “Google”, etc.
Tap “My Docs” at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to
41. right to open a sidebar
Tap “Settings” to enter the Settings page and tap “Doc Export”
Tap “Auto Upload” to turn on or turn off the auto upload
You can choose JPG or PDF as the default format for uploading
You can choose a third-party storage platform like Box, Google Drive, Dropbox and etc.
to upload to
How to print documents via Wi-Fi?
CamScanner provides a cloud print service. Signing in your Google account can enjoy the
wireless printing feature.
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the thumbnail to enter the Edit
page
Tap “Share” at the bottom of the page to open a popup menu
Tap “Upload/Print/Fax” and choose “Print” at the top of the page
Tap “Sign In” to choose to use your “Local Google Account” or “Sign in” manually
42. After signed in, it will search cloud printers automatically, or tap “Search Printer”
manually.
Choose printer and tap “Print” to print it out.
When you have difficulties in printing, tap “Print Guide” to find a solution.
Tap “Sign out” to log out your “Google Account”
How to fax documents?
CamScanner provides you the fax service, and you can fax your document to more than 20
countries and regions.
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page and then tap the thumbnail to enter the Edit
page
Tap “Share” at the bottom of the page to open a popup menu
Tap “Upload/Print/Fax” and choose “Fax” at the top of the page
Tap the select box under “Area”, and choose one country/area
Enter the “Fax Number”
43. Premium Account
Why upgrade to premium account?
Premium account users can enjoy additional powerful features and the features are as follows:
Add 10G Extra Cloud Space
Edit OCR results and notes of the entire doc, exporting as .txt file
Create Doc Collage for multiple pages
Auto upload docs to Box, Google Drive, Dropbox and Evernote
Batch download PDF files in web app (www.camscanner.com)
Send doc links with password protection
Set expiration date of doc link
High-quality scan
No Ads
No CamScanner Watermark on PDFs
If you are interested in these attractive features, upgrade to CamScanner premium account to have
an unforgettable experience.
How to upgrade to premium account?
Tap “My Docs” at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to
right to open a sidebar
Tap “Settings” and tap “Basic” to enter the “CamScanner Premium Account” introduction
page
Your account can be upgraded to premium by choosing a monthly or yearly subscription.
44. Settings
What can you set for scanning?
CamScanner provides you multi choices for scanning on the Scan Settings page. And you can set
the default options based on the type of files frequently scanned.
45. Tap “My Docs” at the upper left corner of the Home Screen or slide from the left edge to
right to open a sidebar
Tap “Settings” to enter the “Settings” page
Tap “Scan” to enter the scan settings page
Choose the “Auto Crop Image” to auto-crop image under Batch Scan mode
Tap “Enhance Mode” to choose the default image processing mode
Turning on the “Use System Camera” will disable the Batch Scan mode.
Choose “Auto Save to Album” to save the scans to ablum automatically
Tap “OCR Language” to set the default recognition language based on your
frequently scanned documents to improve the OCR recognition (an operation
which can recognize texts in the image to TEXT) accuracy.
Choose “High-quality Scan” to improve the scan effect (Premium Only)
What can you set for PDF?
46. CamScanner provides you some PDF settings and you can set the default options to meet your
requirement.
Tap the target document on “My Docs” page
Tap button at the upper right corner of the page
Tap “PDF Settings” to enter the PDF Settings page
Tap “Set PDF Password” to open a popup menu and input a password to encrypt the
PDF file
Tap “PDF Page Orientation” to choose the Portrait, Landscape or auto adjust one
Tap “PDF Page Size” to edit the size of PDF. And CamScanner provides several
industry standard sizes.
Tap “PDF Page Margin” to add margin on PDF Page
User Zone
Want to know more about CamScanner and other users?
47. Tap at the upper right corner of the Home Screen to open a sidebar
You can get special offers like sales campaign, discount and etc. here
You can join CamScanner Beta Group by tap “Join Beta Group”
Under the “User Center” you can view user stories and get help.
Tap “User Stories” to enjoy the User, Video and News sections
Tap “Help” to check the user manual