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Title Slide: Using Online Tools & Services

April 23, 2020 by John Hendron

Security with Online Tools & Services

This week I offered two online sessions looking at how to protect yourself online with quality passwords and two-factor authentication. A recording from one of the sessions is available below. Thanks for all who could attend!

Title Slide: Using Online Tools & Services

Filed Under: Training

Scanning a magazine

April 1, 2020 by John Hendron

Scanning Documents with an iOS Device

Especially because of school closure, many are asking us about any support for scanning documents away from school and our copiers.

Thankfully, if you have an iPad or an iPhone, they come built-in with some nifty software for making scans.

  • Scanning with iOS – Notes App
  • Continuity Camera Support on MacOS Mojave and Later

Tips on getting good scans:

  • Clear a space on a table or other surface that contrasts in color with your document.
  • Have good lighting in the room where you want to scan.
  • If the light is overhead, and using the device causes a shadow over the image, consider taking from an angle.
  • As depicted in the video, you can then drag the corners of the yellow interface to the four corners of your document, and it will “stretch” the document back to a normal sheet of paper.

The main difference between taking a photo and “scanning” is that (1) the resulting file is a PDF, and (2) you get the ability to photograph from an angle and have the software correct for this (fourth bullet, above).

Continuity camera is a feature that requires you to be signed in with the same Apple ID on your Mac as you are on either an iPad or iPhone. As the document linked above details, it allows for using the iOS device as your camera and having the resulting image appear magically on your Mac.

Thanks go out to Catherine Richards for finding these online resources!

Resulting Scan

The resulting file is even named with text my phone saw at the top of the magazine!

Filed Under: Training, Tutorial Tagged With: images, ios, mac, notes, scanning

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