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Copy Center - Sperreng Issue Sometimes you have this one paper document laying around that you need to quickly send to copy center. Sending over the paper is possible but that takes time. Why not just use your phone to scan and send? How Make sure you have downloaded Google Drive on your mobile device. Find and open Google Drive on your mobile device. Click the plus symbol in the lower right corner. Click Scan to open the camera. 1. Line up your shot. 2. Push the button to take the picture. Google Drive will then convert it into a PDF. Use the little circles to crop the PDF just right. Click the check in the lower right to save it to Drive. It is now uploaded to your Drive! NOTE! When sending an email to the copy center plase include:      subject line:            Copy Job for YOUR NAME (Copy Job Colin Davitt)       body of email:          ...

So I have a PDF and I need to edit it. Here is one method that works pretty well for me. Open Word. Click File .  1. Click Open . 2. Click Browse . 3. Find the PDF you want to annotate. 4. Click Open . Click OK when you see this box. Bam! Your PDF now opens in Word. Note: you maybe have to click Enable Editing at the top of the screen. Finished editing and want to turn it back into a PDF? Click File . 1. Click Save As . 2. Click This PC . 3. Pick a location. I usually save things to my desktop. 4. Click Save as type - and choose PDF. 5. Click Save .

You picked up your laptop after it was reimaged and you click on a PDF link online. You quickly notice that it opens in a web page. What??? Check out the steps below to download or print it. Click on the PDF you want to download or print. It will end up opening in a new tab. 1. Click this button (little downward facing arrow) to download the PDF. 2. Click the little printer icon to start printing the PDF without having to download it. Wait... I don't see those little icons. Now what? Just move your mouse towards the upper right corner of the screen. The icons will suddenly show up.

Copy Center Issue Sometimes you have this one paper document laying around that you need to quickly send to copy center. Sending over the paper is possible but that takes time. Why not just use your phone to scan and send? How Open the Google Drive app on your device. Click the plus in the lower right corner. Click on the Scan icon. Line up the document you want to scan. Click the blue circle at the bottom. This image looks amazing. Click the check to save it. Open Drive . Open Recent . Click the file you just scanned. Click the ice cream cone . (3 dots in the upper right) Click Send file... Click Gmail. Send your new PDF to the copy center. NOTE! email subject line: Copy Job for YOUR NAME body of email: describe what you want. Make 75 copies of attached file on white paper. 2 sided. Stapled.  Make sure you have an email signature so the copy center can call if there are issues/questions with your job.

The Copy Center So you have this existing Microsoft Word document you need to send to someone (Copy Center) and it really should be a PDF. Follow this process for a quick conversation. Open your existing Word document. Click File in the upper left side of the screen. Click Save As Click Desktop. (or wherever you want to save the PDF to) File name - make sure you have one Save as type - click and scroll to PDF On my desktop sits this brand new PDF!