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Microsoft Lens: PDF Scanner
Information shouldn't be trapped. The app liberates data from whiteboards and documents, rendering it searchable, editable, and shareable across platforms.
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25M+User Rating
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ProductivityLocales
33Latest Version
2.106.1Size
76.1 MBFirst Released
Apr 2, 2015Microsoft Lens: Core Productivity Features
An analytical overview of key functionalities for efficient document management.
Optical Character Recognition (OCR)
The app allows users to convert printed or handwritten text within images into editable and searchable digital content, significantly boosting productivity for document processing.
Multi-Format Document Export
This tool features the ability to convert scanned documents and images into various professional formats, including PDF, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, enabling versatile use and integration.
Advanced Document Scanning & Enhancement
The app provides advanced image processing to trim, enhance, and ensure the readability of scanned whiteboards, documents, and receipts, delivering crisp and clear digital copies.
Seamless Microsoft 365 & Local Storage Integration
It allows users to save digitized content directly to OneNote, OneDrive, or their local device, ensuring easy access, organization, and collaboration within the Microsoft ecosystem.
Whiteboard & Blackboard Capture
The app facilitates capturing crisp images of whiteboards and blackboards, preserving meeting action items or classroom notes for later reference, even when offline.
Business Card Digitization
This tool enables scanning business cards and automatically saving contact information directly into the user's phone contacts, streamlining professional networking.
Frequently Asked Questions
Everything you need to know about Microsoft Lens: PDF Scanner
What is Microsoft Lens: PDF Scanner used for?
Microsoft Lens is a mobile scanner application that trims, enhances, and makes pictures of whiteboards and documents readable. It converts images into various file formats like PDF, Word, and PowerPoint.
Can Microsoft Lens convert images to PDF documents?
Yes, Microsoft Lens can convert scanned images into PDF files. It also supports conversion to Word, PowerPoint, and Excel formats.
What types of documents can Microsoft Lens: PDF Scanner scan?
Microsoft Lens scans various documents, including notes, receipts, whiteboards, blackboards, classroom handouts, and business cards. It digitizes both printed and handwritten text.
Does Microsoft Lens support converting handwritten notes to digital text?
Yes, Microsoft Lens digitizes handwritten text, allowing users to edit it later. This feature currently works with English language only.
Where can users save files scanned with Microsoft Lens: PDF Scanner?
Users can save scanned documents from Microsoft Lens to OneNote, OneDrive, or their local device. Files can be stored as PDF, Image, Word, or PowerPoint.
Can Microsoft Lens import existing photos from a device's gallery?
Yes, Microsoft Lens allows users to import images that are already present on their device directly from the Gallery, in addition to live scanning.
Does Microsoft Lens: PDF Scanner integrate with other Microsoft services?
Microsoft Lens integrates seamlessly with Microsoft services like OneNote and OneDrive for saving. It also offers sharing options via Outlook, Email, and Immersive Reader, leveraging the Microsoft 365 ecosystem.
Can Microsoft Lens convert tables from images into editable data?
Yes, Microsoft Lens can effortlessly copy text and tables from pictures. This feature converts visual data into an editable table format.
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