In many situations, converting pictures or images to PDF format on your Android device is very useful. PDFs are easy to share and widely used acceptability, and the original quality of images as PDFs are maintained. In this guide, we will look at various methods of creating PDFs or converting pictures to PDFs on your Android phone.
On Android – How to Make a Picture a PDF?
Method 1: Using Google Photos
If your Android device has Google Photos as a preinstalled app then you have a built-in conversion feature to convert images into PDF format. Here’s how you can use it:
- On your Android, you can open the Google Photos app.
- Choose any of the images you need to convert to PDF. How to tap on the images to select multiple.
- Either tap the share icon (it’s the three dots or whatever share button you might have) on your device.
- Click on ‘Share’ on share options and select ‘Print’.
- Then, in the print preview screen, hit the “Save as PDF” (or similar) option.
- Save a name for your PDF file, and select the place in which you would like to save it.
- Then you can tap “Save” to turn the image(s) the slideshow is displaying into a PDF file.
Method 2: Using the Microsoft Office App
If you’re able to use the Microsoft Office app on your Android device, you can use that to convert images into a PDF. Here are the steps:
- At the start of it, open the Microsoft Office app on your Android device.
- Click through to open the “Create” icon so that you can create a new document.
- Go to select PDF, picture to pdfs, and pick the image you wish to convert.
- Tap on “Save.”
- Then tap on the three-dot menu in the bottom right and select ‘Save as’.
- Specify a file name and a save location.
- Click on “Save” to save the image(s) in a PDF file.
Method 3: Using Google Drive
Another handy tool to convert images to PDF from your Android device is Google Drive. Follow these steps:
- On your Android device run the Google Drive application.
- Click on the “+“ icon and choose “Upload.”
- Tap “Open” and select all images available.
- Then Tap the hamburger menu in the top right corner and click on ‘Recent.’
- Head to the ‘three dots’ icon next to the image, and select ‘Print.’
- Choose “Save as PDF”
- It would enter a file name and where you want to put the file.
- You can convert the captured image(s) into a super PDF file. Just click “Save” to finish it.
Method 4; Using Third-Party Apps
At Google Play Store you will find several third-party apps which can convert images to PDF format. Image to PDF Converter is one such app, here’s how:
- Get the “Image to PDF Converter” app from the Google Play Store.
- Hit open the app, and give it the necessary permissions.
- Click and tap on the “+” icon to choose images you would like to convert from your gallery.
- After selecting the images, hit “Convert to PDF”.
- If you want (page size, page orientation, compression level) adjust PDF settings.
- Tap the “Create PDF” button.
- You have to enter a file name and select a save location.
- Click on Save to turn the image(s) you’ve chosen into a PDF document.
Method 5: Using Online Converters
If you don’t want to download any extra apps for Android devices you can use some online converters to convert the images into pdf format. One popular option is SmallPDF:
- Visit the SmallPDF website on your Android device and open your web browser.
- From the list of available tools select the “JPG to PDF” tool.
- To convert your image(s), tap on “Choose Files” and select an image you want to convert from the list on your device’s storage.
- Upload the image(s) and once uploaded, you may adjust PDF settings if desired (page size, orientation, and margins).
- Click on the button “Convert to PDF”.
- After the conversion occurs, you can download the PDF file to your device or just share it on the website.
