How to turn photos into a PDF

Expense reports, rental applications and insurance claims often want documents you only have as photos: receipts, a signed form you snapped on your phone, both sides of a driver's license. One PDF is easier to send, easier to read and less likely to get lost than a pile of image attachments.

Turn the photos into a PDF

1. Open JPG to PDF and add your images. JPG, PNG and other common formats all work.
2. Drag them into order, then set the page size, orientation and margins.
3. Save the PDF. It is built in your browser, so the photos never leave your device.

Tips for photos that look like scans

• Shoot straight down, in good daylight, with the page filling the frame.
• Put the page on a dark, plain surface so its edges stand out.
• Turn off the flash, which causes glare on glossy paper and plastic cards.
• Use your phone's built-in document scanner if it has one; it straightens and crops pages automatically.

Too big to email?

Phone photos are large, so a PDF of a dozen of them can easily pass email limits. Run it through Compress PDF on Balanced or Strong. And if a page ended up sideways or in the wrong place, fix it in Organize PDF.

Photos of IDs, bank cards and signed forms are exactly what you shouldn't upload to a stranger's server. Converting them in your browser keeps them on your phone or computer.