To do that, launch the Messages app and open the text message to save it as a PDF. Take a screenshot of that message on your ...

Create a PDF from a paper document using Files It’s very quick to create a PDF using your Files app (thanks to two of our readers, chadsmo and Just_Some_Nobody ). The process is similar on an iPad.

All you have to do is position the physical paper properly in the frame, and it creates a virtual document. “Then, you can scan a document and make a PDF on your phone,” Francine explains.

Sometimes there’s no way around it — you’ve got to use an app. If you need to sign a PDF document from your Android phone, that’s simply how you’ve got to go — unlike iOS, which lets ...