scanning more than one document into an email on my iOS device

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scanning more than one document into an email on my iOS device

If I scan more than one document into an email the file becomes too large to send

iPhone XS Max, iOS 13

Posted on Mar 27, 2020 3:00 AM

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RachelleSher Author

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Mar 27, 2020 4:05 AM in response to SravanKrA

Thank you, but —That would only work if the person I’m sending it to is an Apple user! What if I’m scanning documents that I need to send to an insurance company or any other non-Apple user?

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Apr 27, 2020 4:57 PM in response to RachelleSher

I just had the same issue.

I scanned 4 pages into an email via the “Scan Document” feature on iPad Mail. The file size was 41Mb.

I scanned the same 4 pages into iPad Notes and the file size ended up being 3 Mb.

Why is there such a difference in file size for the same scanned document depending in which app it was scanned? Is this a bug or can resolution of scanned documents be changed?

WORK AROUND: In order to email the document, I “Saved to Files” the document that I scanned in Notes and then attached it to the email.

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Apr 27, 2020 7:03 PM in response to RachelleSher

That is also what I was trying to do. I was trying to send 4 pages scanned from within the mail app and without leaving the mail app. It wouldn’t work because the resulting scanned document ended up being 41 Mb. I had to use the “Notes workaround” to get the documents emailed.

Scanning documents from within the mail app is broken.

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Mar 27, 2020 3:14 AM in response to RachelleSher

Save it on iCloud and send link.

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RachelleSher Author

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Apr 27, 2020 5:13 PM in response to Cremo Cremo

Thank you, But I was actually teaching a few people how to do this without leaving the mail app. I had already shown them how to scan into the notes app, but thank you again for the idea!

Rachelle

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scanning more than one document into an email on my iOS device

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