Microsoft Office Lens

Office Lens is a great way to capture notes and info from whiteboards, menus, signs, handwritten memos, or anything with a lot of text. You don’t need to jot down notes, rely on blurry images or worry about misplacing anything. It’s great for capturing sketches, drawings and equations too, and even images without text.

Summary

All Bellevue College (BC) students and employees have access to Microsoft Office Lens. Office Lens is a free download through the Microsoft Store using your BC email credentials.

Office Lens is a great way to capture notes and info from whiteboards, menus, signs, handwritten memos, or anything with a lot of text. You don’t need to jot down notes, rely on blurry images or worry about misplacing anything. It’s great for capturing sketches, drawings and equations too, and even images without text.

Office Lens gets rid of shadows and odd angles so images are easier to read. You can upload document and whiteboard images to Word, PowerPoint, OneNote, OneDrive, and you can save them as PDFs or send them in mail.

For more information and how to download Office Lens to you device, please refer to the following resources:

• Office Lens Download - You will need to sign in with your full BC email when prompted to download in the Microsoft Store.
   
• Office Lens Knowledge Base article - Information and examples of photos captured, provided by Microsoft.
   
• Linkedin Learning Office Lens Tips - A short video of some quick tips when using Office Lens. All active BC students and employees have access to Linkedin Learning.
   
• System Requirements - Supported Operating Systems and minimum/maximum system requirements.

Currently Office Lens is not compatible with Mac OS or iOS.