Images to PDF Converter

Set up images for a clean PDF

Use the page-order controls to put photographs, receipts, or scanned sheets in the sequence they should be read. A4 works for many international print jobs, while Letter is common in the United States and Canada. Choose portrait for tall documents and landscape for wide diagrams or receipts.

Margins add clear space between the image and paper edge. Review the preview before creating the PDF, especially when a form has text close to its border. If the source photo is sideways or cropped, correct it in your image viewer before adding it.

Photos, scans and file size

A PDF made from images stores picture data on each page, so large photographs can produce a large file. Use appropriately sized images and avoid adding duplicates. If the result exceeds a recipient’s upload limit, try Compress PDF, while checking that fine print and signatures remain legible.

For a readable document scan, photograph or scan each sheet straight-on with even light and a contrasting background. Keep the original images until you have checked the final PDF, and follow the receiving organization’s rules for page size, color, file size, and document order.

When an image-based PDF is useful

Combining images into one PDF is convenient for applications that accept a single document, for sending a set of receipts, or for keeping related pages together. The PDF pages contain images rather than searchable text. If you need machine-readable text from a scan, use OCR after creating or reviewing the PDF.