The Google Drive application for mobile devices includes a large number of functions, some of which many users are unaware of despite being very useful and saving work. One of these functions is the one that allows you to take photos of documents to save them directly to Drive in PDF format, an ideal method for those users who do not have a scanner on hand when they need it.
While it is true that for most users, saving the images of documents that we photograph in Pdf format is perfect, it is not always the best option, especially when we simply want to take a photo of something to save it directly to Google Drive and not to Google Photos.
Changes to Google Drive document scanning format
Fortunately, Google has realized that user needs do not always involve using this format and, according to Android Authority, Google is testing a new function in the Google Drive application that will allow you to save documents scanned with the mobile camera. in .jpeg formatin addition to continuing to offer the PDF format option.
When we select this option, the application will inform us that multiple files in JPG format will be created. According to the details of the APK analyzed, the default quality will be 80 out of 100 to reduce the final space they occupy, a quality that can be modified from the application’s configuration options.
If this function is finally implemented, let us remember that it is a function that is being tested in beta so there is a possibility that it will not be implemented in the end, finally the problems when scanning documents from Google Drive are over, since it does not it will be necessary to use an application to join all PDFs created when dealing with multiple sheets.
Windows allows you to convert multiple images into PDF format without having to install a PDF editor. The only thing we have to do is select all the images, sort them and send them to the virtual printer Microsoft Print to PDF to create a PDF with all the sheets.
Use the webcam to add images to Google Docs
Among the many options that Google offers through Google Docs, one of the least known is the possibility of use the PC webcam add an image to a document, without having to first scan it through the application for mobile devices, something especially useful when we are in a hurry when writing a document.
This function is available within the menu Insertspecifically within the section Image > Camera.
By selecting this option, Google Drive will ask the user for permission to access the PC camera and where we must do everything possible to frame the image as best we can. Once we have made the capture, a Imagen editor which allows us to crop the areas of the photo that we are not interested in showing in the document.
Finally we click on Insert to add it to the document we are working on. Obviously we are not going to have the same quality as using a mobile phone camera, but, to get out of a tight spot, it is more than enough.