Filling out multiple applications

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This isn't very AS related but I was looking for a job and was wondering if when it comes to paper applications, is it frowned up to turn in scanned copies if applying to more then one of the same store?
That was I don't have to write the same thing over and over again. Or is it ok to open the application on the computer and fill in all the spaces with typed answers?

I suspect that, unless the application has a serial number, you can copy or scan an application and share it with others within the same business.

I was more thinking along the lines of filling it out and then making copies and turning in the scanned copies to the employer

Should be okay. But, you might want to sign each copy by hand (if they still ask for signatures on job applications).

Why would you bother with paper copies? Any organization that has multiple locations is likely to have an internet application process that can be shared with all of their locations at time of submission

There are still some places that do not have a mass internet application process.
For example Steak n Shake and Aldi both do not.'

this is usually so for places that mainly operate as a franchise instead of corporate.

Reason enough to apply with old-school employers, and become their customers, too.

Yeah I hate these internet surveys the last one had the question "Have you ever lied to your parents"
answer on sliding scale from strongly agree to strongly disagree

I do each application individually, but keep a resume to copy each time with only editing the qualifications based on what the employers will care about. Mentioning any computer skills won't be necessary to mention if I'm applying to be harvester farm for example, it'll only come off as pretentious.

I do each application (usually they're online) and individually, as well as doing whatever extra surveys they recommend me do (which I answer wisely but not dishonestly) to show that I'm invested and interested.

Fortunately, more and more places are doing online applications or PDFs. You can save those with most everything filled in and reprint with changes as needed.

I'd see no problem scanning a 95% complete application and reprinting it then filling in the remaining 5% for the same employer, but you can't really use one application for multiple companies. Each tend to have their own form.

I would. I'd type in all of the answers that are common to both, copy the file and fill in the rest as applicable to each, then print out and sign by hand (though, I do have a scan of my signature that I can paste in, just in case I don't have the ability to print).

I have scanned plenty of paper forms and added fields to them in a pdf so I could type my answers instead of writing them out.
It's far more legible and is a handy copy to retain. I've never received any negative feedback for the uses I've had (ordering supplies mostly, some project management tasks)... I'm very anti-paper, and am happy to see the rest of society slowly catching up.

Thanks so much for the help. It would save me so much time typing the the boxes instead of hand writing 3 of the same applications. I don't mind the idea behind internet applications, its just the quiz/questionnaires that are irritating.

Sometimes I wonder how seriously they take those quiz questionaires. I applied to a job where I think I mistakenly answered one of them very negatively and the hiring manager still wanted to interview me. I got offered the job but turned it down simply because the environment looked like a pressure cooker with major multitasking. I don't mutlitask well at all.

The one experience in my life which involved interacting with our business's human-resources staff to hire an assistant for me, I can say that I didn't even read those silly socializing questions or the applicants' answers and even told the applicants so. Others might, but I needed a technical assistant who worked well with me. So, I had conversations with each of them just to learn who was most compatible with me workplace-wise. I have a feeling a lot of managers do the same. Though I can imagine some follow the HR instructions to a "T" and end up losing out on getting the best person instead of someone whose experience could check all the boxes.