I tried turning three phone photos of a signed form into one PDF, but every online converter buries the page order under menus I don’t get. Am I missing an obvious setting?
I agree, those menus are annoyingly unclear. Honestly, you are probably not missing much; most converters expect you to drag the thumbnails into page order before converting. If it keeps fighting you, arrange the photos in Preview on a Mac and use File then Export as PDF, or use the print option you already have and choose Save as PDF.
Are you on iPhone or Android? On iPhone, select the photos in the order you want in Photos, tap share, then Print, then pinch out on the preview to save as PDF. Keeps your order and skips the confusing websites entirley.
I usually select the photos in my phone’s gallery, tap Share or Print, then choose Save as PDF, which keeps it fairly simple. Tip: rename them 01, 02 and 03 first; avoid uploading them one at a time, as that often scrambles the order.
Honestly, I usually put the 3 photos into Word in the correct order, one image per page, then choose “Save as PDF.” Crop and rotate them first, and avoid relying on the converter’s upload order because it may follow file names instead.
@cameron2002 That iPhone print trick is exactly what I use for vendor invoices! It realy saves time and keeps the page margins neat without messing with weird settings. If I do it on my laptop, I just paste the pictures into a blank Word document and save as PDF. Have you tried that way yet?
@Guitar Mouse That’s what I do with my worksheets. Word keeps the order if I put one photo per page and fit each one inside the margins before saving as PDF. Crop and straighten first, and keep a copy of the original photos in case you need to redo it.
Most of them hide page order under some tiny drag handle you only find by accident, so you’re not missing anything, they’re just badly designed.
I just rename the photos page1, page2, page3 before uploading so they sort correctly on their own, saves me from hunting for a reorder menu every time.