How to Go Paperless with Your Smartphone

Most smartphone users are not aware of what they can do with their smartphones and tablets. Apart from using your iPhone for Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook you can also use it for more productivity-related activities. In the digital era, it’s a pity you don’t contribute to saving environment and go paperless. On the top of that, not only will you contribute to saving the environment but you will also save time and complete daily tasks more efficiently.

Track your expenses

No matter how old are you and what is your job occupation, you certainly have to be responsible when it comes to money management and to track your expenses. The best way to do that is to scan receipts and store them somewhere in your phone or a computer. With Image to Excel app you can even convert the image of a receipt to Excel and organize your spendings more neatly. Once you download the app from itunes or google play store or a and open it, just open the Gallery or take a photo directly. The image of a receipt will be converted to Excel and you will need to open it in any Excel viewer to edit the converted document.

Save time on retyping

Next time you want to save a recipe, no need to retype the whole recipe from scratch when you can snap a photo of it and even convert it to Word for further editing. You can capture any kind of a paper document and get a digital and editable form of it. In situations when you need to save the information from a cork-board, don’t think of retyping any more.

Send a Fax with Your Phone

Fax machines are a matter of the past- clean your office space and use your smartphone to capture a document you want to fax, edit it with Image to Word app and then send it over via email. No matter where you are, you can always stay productive and organized if you take advantage of your iPhone or a smartphone.

There are probably even more situations and examples of saving the environment by going paperless. We would like to hear them all, so don’t hesitate and contribute with the examples by leaving a comment below.