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Document List
Document Content
Page Detail

Overview

Quick PDF Scanner turns your mobile device into a quick portable scanner with PDF conversion capabilities. The application allows you to: Quick PDF Scanner includes a custom Camera view allowing quick and convenient scanning of single images or multi-page documents. The Camera view provides a set of preferences that allow to fine tune the quality of the taken pictures.

The scanned pages are inserted into documents and can be manipulated later. It is also possible to add pictures from external sources, e.g. from the Gallery, Facebook or Google+ albums, etc. The existing Quick PDF Scanner documents are shown in the Document List view. This view provides functions to search, share, export and delete the documents.

You can view the document's pages in the Page Detail view. From there, you can switch to Document Content view. It shows all pages belonging to the document as a grid and provides functions to handle the whole document or selected pages.

Quick PDF Scanner provides an extensive set of preferences related to the application behavior and the format of the resulting PDF documents.

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Document List

The Document List view lists the documents that are currently available in the application storage. The documents are organized in three groups which can be switched via the application drawer: For each document the first page thumbnail, document name, number of pages and the date of last modification are displayed. A short press on the document list item opens the Page Detail view and a long press enters the Document Selection mode.

Additionally, for each document there is an option menu that allows you to share or save its contents as PDF; as well as rename, print, or delete it.
The following functions are available in the Document List view:
New document from Camera New document from Camera Opens the Camera view to take pictures and store them in a new document.
New document from Gallery New document from Gallery Opens the Gallery application to select a picture and import it in a new document. This function allows importing of one picture at a time. In order to import quickly multiple images start the Gallery application from the Application menu, select the images and use the Gallery Share function to share the images to Quick PDF Scanner.
Search documents Search documents Opens a search dialog allowing to search documents by their names or their contents (only for the OCRed documents).
Drawer Drawer Opens the application drawer, which gives you access to the backup and restore features, and to the Settings view that allows you to change the application preferences.

Document Selection

The Document Selection mode allows selecting of one or multiple documents. Different operations can be performed with the selected document(s). Selected documents are indicated by the shaded background of the document item.

Pressing a document selects or deselects it. Once you deselect all selected documents, you will exit the Document Selection mode.

The following functions are available in the Document Selection mode:
Select all Select all Selects all documents in the current group.
Select all Invert selection Inverts the selection, i.e. the currently selected documents will be deselected and vice versa. Only the currently visible documents (the documents in the current group) are included in the new selection.
Share PDF(s) Share PDF(s) PDF files are created from the currently selected documents and a Share dialog is displayed allowing you to choose an application to share with.
Merge document(s) Merge document(s) Allows you to merge the selected documents to a new document.
Save as PDF Save as PDF PDF files are created from the currently selected documents. The PDFs are stored in a predefined Quick PDF Scanner folder in the root of the external device memory.
Delete Delete Deletes the selected documents. A confirmation dialog is displayed before deletion.

Press the Home button on top lefthand corner of the screen or the device Back button to leave the Document Selection mode and to return to the Document List.

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Document Content

The Document Content view lists the pages belonging to one document container. Thumbnails of the pages are shown in a grid ordered according to their position in the document. A short press on a page thumbnail opens the Page Detail. A long press on the page thumbnail opens a context menu, which allows you to select the page, share it, save it as an image, and delete it.

The following functions are available in the Document Content view:
Share PDF Share PDF PDF file is created from the current document and a Share dialog is displayed allowing to choose an application to share with.
Save as PDF Save as PDF A PDF file is generated from the current document. The PDF file is stored in a predefined Quick PDF Scanner folder in the root of the external device memory.
Capture page(s) Capture page(s) Opens the Camera view to take pictures and add them to the current document.
Import page(s) Import page(s) Opens the Gallery application to select a picture and import it in the current element. This function allows importing of one picture at a time. In order to import quickly multiple images start the Gallery application from the Application menu, select the images and use the Gallery Share function to share the images to Quick PDF Scanner.
Reorder Reorder Starts the Reorder mode, which allows you to change the order of the pages within the document. To move the page within the document long press it, and then drag and drop the thumbnail to a new position.
Crop Crop Starts a batch crop process, where you will be able to apply new crop and thresholding options for each page in the document.

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Page Selection

The Page Selection mode allows you to select one or multiple pages that can be handled together. The currently selected pages are indicated with the shaded background of the page item. Tapping on a page item selects or deselects it.

The following functions are available in the Page Selection mode:
Select all Select all Selects all pages in the document.
Inverse selection Invert selection Inverts the selection, i.e. the currently selected pages will be deselected and vice versa.
Crop Crop Starts a batch crop process, where you will be able to apply new crop and thresholding options for each selected page.
Rotate right 90 degrees Rotate CW Rotates the selected images to 90 degrees clockwise.
Rotate left 90 degrees Rotate CCW Rotates the selected images to 90 degrees counter clockwise.
Merge Merge Allows you to copy or move the selected pages to a new document or to append them at the end of an existing document.
Delete page(s) Delete pages(s) Deletes the selected pages. A confirmation dialog is displayed before deletion.

Tap on the Home button at top lefthand corner of the screen or the device Back button to leave the Page Selection mode and to return to the Document Content.

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Page Detail

The Page Detail view shows the full image of a page. You can scroll to the previous or next page by swiping the view left or rightwise. Zoom in and out the image by double tapping or by pinching the image.
The following functions are available in the Page Detail view:
Share image Share PDF A PDF file is created from the current document and a Share dialog is displayed allowing to choose an application to share with.
Share image Table of contents View all the pages of the document in the Document Content view.
Save as PDF Save as PDF A PDF file is created from the pages of the document. The PDF is stored in a predefined Quick PDF Scanner folder in the root of the external device memory.
Capture page(s) Capture page(s) Opens the Camera view to take pictures and add them to the document.
Import page(s) Import page(s) Opens the Gallery application to select a picture and import it in the document. This function allows importing of one picture at a time. In order to import quickly multiple images start the Gallery application from the Application menu, select the images and use the Gallery Share function to share the images to Quick PDF Scanner.
Print Print A PDF file is created from the pages of the document and the PDF is printed.
Recognize Recognize or View text Starts an OCR for the current page of the document or shows its contents if it is already OCRed.


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