Filling in a form that arrives as a picture
Fill in and return a form that came as a scan, without a printer.
Somebody scans a paper form and emails it to you. You tap a blank line and nothing happens. Nothing is broken. There are no boxes in there.
To the device, that page is one plain image. The lines and the words are just dark pixels, the same as a photo of a fence.
The fix is markup. Markup lets you lay your own typed text and your own signature on top of the picture, then send the whole thing back.
Some forms are different. If tapping a blank field makes a cursor blink, it is a real fillable form and you can simply type.
Key points
- A scan is a picture of a page.
- Tap a blank line to test for a cursor.
- Markup lays your text on top.
- Draw a signature once and reuse it.
- Save before you send it back.
What to remember
- Markup puts your writing on top of the image. The scan underneath is untouched.
- One tap tells you which of the two kinds of form you are holding.
- Press Done or Save before sharing, or your work stays behind on the phone.
Try this
Find a form or letter sitting in your email, open the attachment, and tap one blank line to see whether a cursor appears. Then open Markup and type your name anywhere, just to feel where the tools live.
Practice: Filling in a form that arrives as a picture. Your first lesson is free, with no account or card; the rest are part of a Lantern plan. Interactive lessons require JavaScript.