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Documents
9 articles
- Guides
How to edit a PDF for free on Windows
How to edit a PDF for free depends on what you mean by edit. Four different jobs hide behind that one word, and three of them cost nothing to do.
6 min read
- Guides
How to sign PDF documents electronically on Windows
A visual signature, a simple e-signature and a certificate-based one carry different legal weight. Which you need to sign PDF documents, and how to add one.
6 min read
- Guides
Split PDF into multiple files on Windows
Split PDF documents by page range, fixed count or bookmark, the native Windows Print-to-PDF trick, and what to check in the output before you send anything.
5 min read
- Guides
How to merge PDF files on Windows
Merge PDF files correctly on Windows: page order, combining specific ranges, what happens to existing page numbers, and what to check before you send it.
4 min read
- Guides
How to password protect a PDF on Windows
How to password protect a PDF, the two passwords a PDF can carry, what AES encryption actually secures, and why uploading the file to do it defeats the point.
5 min read
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Compress PDF without losing quality: what actually works
What makes a PDF large, how to compress PDF without losing quality that matters, and why the same file compresses well in one tool and badly in another.
6 min read
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How to make a scanned PDF searchable
A scanned PDF is a photograph of a page, not text, which is why Ctrl+F fails. What OCR adds to make a scanned PDF searchable, and where accuracy breaks down.
6 min read
- Guides
How to convert PDF to Word without losing formatting
PDF has no real paragraphs, which is why conversions break. How to convert PDF to Word without losing formatting, and which documents never convert cleanly.
5 min read
- Explainers
Is it safe to upload a PDF to an online converter?
Sending a document to an online converter puts it on someone else's server first. What happens there, which promises mean something, and the offline path.
5 min read
Know when the next app ships
1 more Windows utility is in development. One short email when each one is ready — nothing else.