Botple Notes

Answering a worksheet you only have a photo of

Sometimes the worksheet only exists on paper, and the only copy you have is a photo taken at an angle on your phone.

Why the usual advice does not work here

A photo is not a document: it is skewed, unevenly lit, and every PDF tool treats it as a picture with nothing to fill in. Printing it, writing on it, and photographing it again is the usual answer, and it is a poor one.

How to do it

  1. Bring the photo inThe page edges are found and the picture is straightened, so it reads like a scan rather than a snapshot.
  2. Type on itClick anywhere on the flattened page and type. It behaves like any other worksheet from here on.
  3. Export it as a PDFOne clean file to hand in, with no printer involved.

One honest note

A blurry photo stays a blurry photo — straightening fixes the angle, not the focus. Retake it in better light if the text is hard to read.