Simple, practical guides to get more done with your PDFs — from quick fixes to keeping private documents safe.
A website wants a PDF under 1 MB and yours is 8 MB. Here are the steps that actually get a file under the limit, in the order to try them.
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A website wants a PDF under 1 MB and yours is 8 MB. Here are the steps that actually get a file under the limit, in the order to try them.
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Printing a form just to write on it and scan it again is a waste of time. Here is how to fill in any PDF form on screen and send it back.
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You click on a scanned PDF and nothing highlights. That is because it is only a picture. Here is how to get the words out, step by step.
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Pages in the wrong order? Drag them into place in a minute, rotate the sideways ones, delete the extras and download the fixed file.
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Some PDFs are tiny and some are enormous, even with the same number of pages. Here is what is inside a heavy file, and how to find the cause in yours.
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Receipts, notes, a signed form or a whole document photographed on your phone: here is how to turn the pictures into one clean PDF in about a minute.
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You only need page 4 of a 90-page document. Here is how to pull out the pages you want and leave the rest behind, with no software to install.
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Email bounced because of the attachment size? Here are five simple fixes, from one-click compression to sharing a link, and how to pick the right one.
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Mark a draft, protect a design or brand your documents. Here is how to add a text or logo watermark to a PDF, and settings that look professional.
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Tired of typing the same password every time? Here is how to remove it from a PDF you own, and the two kinds of PDF locks you may run into.
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A scanned PDF is just a picture of text. Here is how OCR makes it searchable and copyable, step by step, and how to get cleaner results.
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Long PDFs are hard to use without page numbers. Here is how to add them in a minute, skip the cover and choose a style like Page 1 of 12.
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You do not need expensive software to fix a small PDF. Here is how to add text, pictures and highlights for free, and what editing can and cannot do.
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Need a PDF page as a picture for a slide, a website or a social post? Here is how to convert a PDF to JPG, and which quality to pick.
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Send a document that looks identical on every screen. Here is how to convert Word to PDF, three ways, and how to avoid layout surprises.
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Hit an email or upload size limit? Here is how to shrink a PDF, what really makes it big, and which setting to pick.
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Skip the printer and scanner. Here is how to sign a PDF in a minute, on a computer or a phone, and when a simple signature is enough.
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Keep a sensitive PDF private with a password, and decide what people can do with it once it is open.
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Need to change the text in a PDF? Convert it to Word, edit it, and save it again. Here is what to expect and how to get the best result.
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Combine photos, scans and screenshots into one tidy PDF in a minute, with the page size and order you want.
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Combine several PDFs into one tidy document in under a minute — on a computer or phone, with no software to install and no sign-up.
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Pull out the pages you need, split by chapters or break a long PDF into equal parts — free and right in your browser.
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Blank pages, duplicates or pages you don't want to share — here's how to delete them from a PDF in seconds, for free.
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Turning a page in your PDF viewer only lasts until you close it. Here's how to rotate PDF pages permanently — all of them or just one.
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From a messy stack of scans to one tidy PDF: how to combine scanned pages, fix their order and turn sideways pages the right way round.
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Online PDF tools are convenient — but where do your files go? A simple checklist to keep private documents private.
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A black rectangle hides text on screen — but the words are often still there. Here's how proper redaction works and how to check it.
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You click on the text and nothing happens. Here's why scanned PDFs can't be edited — and the right way to make the text usable again.
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CVs, invoices, contracts, drafts — when should you send a PDF, and when is Word the better choice? A simple guide with real examples.
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Stop asking people to print, sign and scan. Here's how to turn any document into a PDF form they can fill in on screen.
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