📱 Tech Tip: Apple Notes – Scanning Made Easy

A simple way to turn paperwork chaos into calm.

Yesterday my filing tray took a dive off the shelf and scattered paperwork all over the floor — receipts, bills, fuel slips, the lot! It turned out to be the perfect moment to use the Scan Documents tool in Apple Notes properly… and I discovered a step we’d completely missed in earlier posts.

🔸 Before You Start – How to Create a New Note

If you haven’t followed Parts 1 & 2, here’s the quick version:

1. Open the Notes app.
2. Tap the new note button (square with a pencil).
3. Name the note first before you start scanning.
   Example: Tesco Fuel – 24 March 25

🔸 The Hidden Scan Button (the part we missed!)

When you open a note and tap the little pencil icon, you get drawing tools — but the scanning option is actually right in the bottom toolbar.

To scan a document:

1. Open a note (and name it).
2. Tap the paperclip icon 📎 in the bottom row.
3. Select Scan Documents.
4. Hold your phone over the page — Notes will capture it automatically.

🔸 Scanning Multi-Page Documents

If your document has several pages:

• Just keep moving the phone to the next page.
• Notes adds each page automatically.
• When you stop, wait a moment — the Save button will light up.
• Tap Save and your scan drops straight into the note.

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