Why scans have fat margins
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Home scanners capture the entire bed — not just the paper. The result is a PDF with white or gray borders on every page. Cropping before merge or compress keeps page counts honest and thumbnails readable.
Crop uniformly across pages
Use the same crop inset on all pages when the document was scanned as one stack. For mixed sizes, split with Split PDF, crop each section, then merge again.
Crop vs document scanner
For new captures, Document Scanner auto-detects edges before export. Crop PDF is for PDFs you already have — exports from copiers, email attachments, or legacy archives.
Finish the pipeline
After cropping, run Compress PDF for email or OCR PDF if the scan is still image-only. Steps: how to crop a PDF.