Guide: How to Add/Remove Doc­u­ment into Google Docs

Adding a scanned file to a document was a challenging task when smartphones weren’t mainstream. You had to use a physical scanner to scan documents, and not everyone had a scanner. Fortunately, times have changed and the documents can now be easily scanned mobile phones and used in other apps. With Google Docs, you can do that easily. Sometimes while writing an application, we need to attach some important documents or images that need to be scanned first. How do you do that? We will tell you that. Here you get to know it how to add scanned documents to Google Docs. First, let’s start with some basics.

Types of attachments supported by Google Docs

In addition to charts, tables and drawings, you can add images in all formats such as JPG, PNG, GIFs, etc. to Documents. However, you cannot add PDF files to it. Now PDF files are important to mention here as scanned documents are usually saved as PDFs.

So what’s the alternative? Keep reading and you will find the answer.

Add scanned documents to Google Docs

Since Docs doesn’t support PDF files as attachments, we need to attach scanned documents in other ways. Here are three methods of doing it.

Method 1: Save the scanned document as JPG

Instead of saving the scanned files in PDF format, you have to save them as JPG files. Fortunately, many scanner apps offer both storage options. You can try the following apps:

CamScanner (Android, iOS) Office lens (Android, iOS) Small lens (Android, iOS) NoteBloc (Android)

After you save your scanned document as an image, it’s time to add it to Google Docs. To do this, follow these steps: Step 1: Launch the Google Docs app on your phoneThen open the document to which you want to add the scanned image. Step 2: Once in the document, tap where you want to add the scanned image and click the Add icon at the top.

Step 3: From the menu, select Image followed by From Photos.

Step 4: Navigate to the scanned image. It will be added to your document.

Limitations The above method has a limitation if you have a multi-page document. In that case, you need to scan and insert each page individually.

Method 2: add an image directly

In recent years, smartphone cameras have improved significantly. You can use them directly to insert a photo into Docs. That is, instead of running a scanner app first, you can go straight from the camera in the Google Docs app and add it to your document. To do this, start the Google Docs app and open the document. Tap the Add icon and click Image. Then select From cameraThe camera view opens. Take a photo of the document and it will be inserted into Documents.

Downside The limitation of using this method is that you can use the camera in a way that fits the document without useless parts. That’s not the case with the scanner apps. They recognize the outline of your document and therefore make it easy to keep only the necessary parts.

In this method, you will learn to attach the Google Drive link of the scanned file (can be an image or a PDF file) instead of the actual photo. The recipient must click on the link to view the scanned image. To do this, follow these steps: Step 1: You need to scan the required document with the built-in scanner of the Google Drive app. To do this, start the Drive app on your Android phone (sorry iPhone users, Drive does not support scanning on iOS). Step 2: Tap the Add icon and click Scan in the list. Capture the photo. It is saved as a pdf.

Step 3: Open the newly created PDF file and click the three dots icon at the top. From the menu, tap Share link. That will copy the link to your clipboard.

Step 4: Now open the Google Docs document and click on the Add icon. Select Link.

Step 5: Enter the text to display over the link and paste the link into the Link box. Click on the check mark at the top. The link will be added to your document.

Scan documents with Google Drive

You might be wondering why you don’t use Google Drive’s built-in scanning functionality to insert it into Google Docs. Well, that’s because Google Drive saves the scanned documents as PDFs and as mentioned before, Google Docs doesn’t allow you to add PDFs. However, Drive comes with an amazing one feature on its website that allows you to extract the text from the scanned document and insert it into Documents. You can make use of this feature to extract text from an image or PDF file.

First scan the document with the native scan feature of the Drive app. Next, you need to use Google Drive on your computer. Open the Google Drive website and right-click on the PDF file whose text you want to extract in Docs. From the menu, select ‘Open with’ followed by Google Docs. You will be taken to the Documents website and your PDF has been successfully converted to text. Tip You can also use this method to extract text from existing images and PDF files.

Explore Google Docs

Google Docs may seem simple, but it isn’t. With simple hacks, you can use Google Docs in unimaginable ways. For example, you can even add YouTube video to it. If you are amazed at the possibilities, you can also omit Microsoft Word. The next up How is CamScanner different from Google Drive, except that you can save scanned documents as JPGs? Find the answer here.

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