How to take PERFECT photos of Slides, Posters, Notes with Office Lens
A must-have app that everyone should use — an honest customer review without monetary incentives from Microsoft
Admit it… the following situations keep happening to you again and again. 😰
- You want to take photos of eye-catching slides… but you’re sitting to the side of the hall. The rectangular slides then become trapezoidal on your photos.
- You are in a poster session of a conference, but it’s way too crowded to get in front of a fancy poster that everyone would like to see.
- You want to take a photo of your note or a receipt. You spend a great amount of time aligning the shooting frame and keep your hands still.
What if I tell you that there is an app to help you with these situations?
We can take PERFECT photos of slides, posters, notes and many more EASILY with Microsoft’s Office Lens, which is available for free on iOS, Android, and, of course, Windows Phone.
Office Lens is pretty easy to use. It works like the camera app that comes with your phone. There are 2 more things you have to do.
1. Select which type of object you’re shooting at. ‘Document’ can be used for the slide presentation, posters, notes on paper, and receipts, for example. ‘Whiteboard’ removes the light reflection on the whiteboard and enhances the overall clarity. You can also choose ‘Business Card’ or normal ‘Photo’.
…Office Lens analyses the border of your object automatically…
2. After you take a photo, you can select where you want to save or send the photo to.
I’d recommend you to just download and play with it.
Let’s see some examples.
Slide
It looks like you are sitting right in the centre of the first row. … in fact you aren’t.
Poster
No matter where you stand, now you can get a printable file of that fancy poster.
Notes or Receipts
You have been assigned to take photos of 100 pages of lab notes … no problems.
Whiteboard
I can’t see what is written on the left due to the reflection, and the whiteboard itself is not that white. Office Lens comes to rescue.
I hope you find this useful. Please spread the word and share the link to this guide. Your friends will thank you for sure. 😊
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