PDF guides and how-tos
Practical answers to the PDF questions people ask most — each one ends with a free tool that does the job in your browser, without uploading your files.
How to Merge PDF Files Into One Document (Free, No Software)
Learn how to combine several PDFs into a single file in your browser — keep the order right, handle locked files, and avoid common mistakes.
Tool: Merge PDF →How to Reduce a PDF's File Size (Under 1 MB, 2 MB or Any Limit)
Why PDFs get so big, how to shrink them without ruining quality, and how to hit a specific size limit for email or online forms.
Tool: Compress PDF →How to Remove a Password From a PDF When You Know It
Save an unlocked copy of a password-protected PDF so it opens without prompting — what it can and can't do, and how to do it privately.
Tool: Remove password →How to Convert a PDF to Word for Free (And What to Expect)
An honest guide to turning a PDF into an editable Word document — what converts well, what doesn't, and what to do with scanned files.
Tool: PDF to Word →How to Sign a PDF Without Printing It
Fill in a PDF form and add your signature on screen — draw it, place it, resize it, and send it back. No printer or scanner needed.
Tool: Fill & sign →How to Split a PDF Into Separate Pages or Extract Specific Pages
Pull out a page range, save every page as its own file, or split a long document by chapter — and how to describe page ranges correctly.
Tool: Split PDF →How to Redact a PDF Properly (Why Black Boxes Aren't Enough)
Covering text with a black box often leaves it recoverable underneath. Here's how real redaction works and how to do it safely.
Tool: Redact PDF →How to Make a Scanned PDF Searchable and Copyable (OCR)
Turn a scan into a PDF where you can search and copy text. What OCR is, how to get good results, and how to speed it up.
Tool: Make PDF searchable (OCR) →How to Convert JPG and PNG Images to a PDF
Turn photos, screenshots or scanned pages into one PDF — in the right order, without quality loss, and with a sensible file size.
Tool: JPG/PNG to PDF →How to Add a Watermark to a PDF (Text or Logo)
Mark a PDF as DRAFT or CONFIDENTIAL, or brand it with your logo — choose position, size and transparency and check every page first.
Tool: Add watermark →How to Reduce an Image's File Size (100 KB, 500 KB, 1 MB)
Shrink JPG and PNG photos to meet an upload limit without making them unusable — and how target sizes work.
Tool: Compress image →How to Add Page Numbers to a PDF
Number every page of a PDF — choose the position, format and starting number, and see exactly where it will land first.
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