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Import documents into iEdit from Files, Photos or any app
Import documents brings PDFs, images, videos and Word, Excel and PowerPoint files into iEdit's My files on your iPhone, iPad or Android phone, from the Files app, your photo library or another app's share sheet. Files are copied at original quality and no permission prompt is needed.
Overview
Tap Import documents and choose from the Files app or from Photos. PDFs, images, videos and Office files all come in, and photos keep their original quality: a HEIC stays HEIC and a ProRes clip stays ProRes. Because iEdit uses the system pickers, it needs no access to your whole photo library. When the copy is done you see how many documents were imported, with a Show button to jump to them.
You can also start from outside the app. On iPhone and iPad, iEdit registers PDF, image, video, Office and text types, so Open in iEdit appears for a mail attachment or a download, and iEdit shows up in the Photos share sheet through its Share Extension. On Android, iEdit answers View and Share for one file or many, so any app's share sheet can send straight to My files.
Import is how an e-mailed contract gets signed, a downloaded statement gets converted to Excel, or holiday photos become a PDF. Everything imported stays on your device and nothing is uploaded to us; the optional cloud backup can keep a copy in your own iCloud or Google Drive. Videos are stored for the video tools, and Office files are kept and can be shared, though the built-in viewer does not play videos or preview Office files.
Why people use it
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Original quality kept
Files come in as they are; HEIC photos and ProRes videos are not converted on the way.
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No permission prompt
System pickers mean iEdit never asks for access to your whole photo library.
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Open in iEdit from anywhere
Share from Photos, mail or a browser on iOS and Android and the file lands in My files.
How to use Import documents in iEdit
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Open iEdit and tap Import documents on the Scan tab.
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Choose Files or Photos and pick one file or several.
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Wait for the count of imported documents, then tap Show.
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Or share a file from any app and choose iEdit to import it directly.
Frequently asked questions
Does importing a document upload it anywhere?
No. Importing copies the file into iEdit's storage on your device, and that is where it stays. No account is needed, and nothing is copied to our servers. The system pickers run locally too, so a document never leaves your phone unless you later share it yourself.
Does importing cost anything, and what needs Premium later?
Importing is free, with no limit on how many files you bring in, and every tool you run on them saves its result to My files free. Taking a file back out, by sharing it or saving it to Files or your photo library, is part of iEdit Premium, an optional monthly subscription with a 3-day free trial.
Which file types can I import, and can iEdit open them all?
PDFs, photos such as JPEG, PNG and HEIC, videos, and Word, Excel and PowerPoint files, plus text files on iOS. PDFs and photos open in the built-in viewer. Videos and Office files are stored and can be shared or exported, but the viewer does not play videos or preview Office documents.
Try Import documents in iEdit
Available for iPhone, iPad and Android.