Japanese offices, schools and employers often ask for photos of documents such as your residence card or certificates as a PDF. Our guide “How to Scan Documents to PDF on iPhone” covers iPhone; this one covers Windows, Mac and Android, and how to combine several photos into one PDF.
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On Windows, the built-in “Microsoft Print to PDF” printer saves photos as a PDF.
Selecting several photos creates one PDF, but setting the page order is awkward, and parts of a photo can get cut off.
On a Mac, select the photos and open them together in Preview. Choose File → Print, then “Save as PDF” from the PDF menu at the bottom left. You can drag thumbnails in Preview’s sidebar to change the order before saving.
On Android, open a photo in Google Photos or another app, choose “Print” from the menu and pick “Save as PDF” as the printer. It generally works one photo at a time, so combining several photos takes extra steps.
Our JPG & PNG to PDF tool works the same way in the browser on Windows, Mac, Android and iPhone. No app is needed, and your photos are never uploaded; they’re processed on your device.
JPG and PNG photos are placed as they are, without re-compression, so quality doesn’t drop. Phone photos are turned the right way automatically.
Phone photos are often several MB each, so a PDF of several photos gets large quickly. If there’s an upload limit, compress the PDF to fit it.
A. Right-click the photo, choose “Print” and select “Microsoft Print to PDF”. To set the order or paper size, JPG & PNG to PDF is easier.
A. Open the photos together in Preview, then choose File → Print → Save as PDF.
A. Open the photo and choose Print → Save as PDF. To combine several photos, open JPG & PNG to PDF in your browser.
A. Not with JPG & PNG to PDF: JPG and PNG photos are placed without re-compression.
A. Not with JPG & PNG to PDF. Photos are converted on your device and never sent anywhere.