PDF Tips & Guides
How-To Articles & PDF Tutorials
Practical guides on merging, compressing, converting, and managing PDF files — all processed locally in your browser, completely free.
How to Change PDF Page Size
A PDF formatted for A4 paper prints incorrectly on US Letter, and vice versa. Changing the page size without distorting the content is easy with the right tool.
How to Extract Text From a PDF
Need to pull the text out of a PDF for editing, searching, or importing into another app? For digital PDFs, you can extract all text instantly without re-typing a single word.
How to Insert Blank Pages Into a PDF
Need a blank page between chapters, a separator page for printing, or an extra page for handwritten annotations? Adding blank pages to a PDF is simple and free.
How to Edit PDF Metadata
Every PDF contains hidden metadata — the author name, creation date, software used, and more. Cleaning or updating this information is important for privacy, professionalism, and searchability.
How to Rearrange Pages in a PDF
Need to move page 5 to the front, or put your appendix before the main body? Reordering PDF pages takes seconds with the right tool — no Acrobat required.
How to Add a Header and Footer to a PDF
Headers and footers give PDF documents a professional finish — adding the document title at the top and a page number at the bottom takes seconds and makes multi-page documents much easier to navigate.
How to Compare Two PDF Files
When reviewing contract revisions or document drafts, comparing PDFs manually is tedious and error-prone. A PDF compare tool highlights exactly what changed between two versions.
How to Repair a Damaged PDF
A PDF that won't open or shows garbled text is often caused by a partial download, a truncated transfer, or overlapping updates from multiple saves. Many of these files can be recovered without data loss.
How to Add an Image to a PDF
Need to drop a logo, stamp, photo, or signature image onto a PDF? You can add any PNG or JPG directly to a PDF page without converting it to Word first.
How to Crop a PDF Page
Scanned documents often have large white margins, and presentations may have slide borders you don't need. Cropping a PDF removes those areas so your content fills the page cleanly.
How to Rotate a PDF Page
Scanned a document sideways? Got a PDF with landscape pages mixed in? Rotating PDF pages is one of the most common fixes — and it takes under 10 seconds.
How to Redact a PDF
Covering text with a black box sounds simple — but many PDF 'redaction' methods leave the original text intact underneath. Here's how to redact a PDF properly and permanently.
How to Fill Out a PDF Form Without Adobe
Most government forms, applications, and contracts are PDF forms with fillable fields. You don't need Adobe Acrobat to fill them — your browser can do it for free.
How to Annotate a PDF Online
Annotating a PDF — adding notes, highlights, and drawings — doesn't require Acrobat. You can do it entirely in your browser for free, with no uploads.
How to Add a Watermark to a PDF
Need to stamp DRAFT or CONFIDENTIAL across every page of a PDF? A watermark takes seconds to add in your browser. Here's how to do it without uploading your file.
How to Add Page Numbers to a PDF
Adding page numbers to a PDF takes less than a minute with the right tool. Here's how to do it free in your browser, with full control over position, style, and numbering.
How to Edit Text in a PDF
PDF text editing is trickier than it looks. This guide explains what's actually possible — from adding text overlays to full content editing — and which free tools handle each case.
How to Split a PDF Into Multiple Files
Need to extract a few pages from a large PDF, or split a document into individual pages? Here's the fastest way to split PDFs for free without uploading them to a server.
How to Extract Text from a Scanned PDF Using OCR
A scanned PDF is just a picture of a document — you can't select or copy the text. OCR (optical character recognition) converts it to real text. Here's how to do it free in your browser.
How to Add a Signature to a PDF
Need to sign a PDF without printing it? Learn how to draw, type, or upload your signature and place it on any page — free, private, and no app required.
What Is PDF Flattening — and When Should You Use It?
Flattening a PDF locks form fields and annotations into the page as permanent content. Here's what that means, why it matters, and when you should (and shouldn't) do it.
How to Convert PDF Pages to Images
Need to turn a PDF into images? This guide explains the fastest browser-based way to export each page as a PNG or JPG, plus tips on quality settings.
How to Remove a Password from a PDF
Forgot the password on a PDF you own? Need to remove owner restrictions so you can print or copy text? This guide shows you how to unlock any PDF for free.
How to Merge PDF Files Into One
Need to combine multiple PDFs into a single document? Here's the fastest way to merge PDFs for free without uploading to a server.
How to Compress a PDF Without Losing Quality
Large PDFs slow down email, fail to upload, and waste storage. Learn how to shrink your PDF file size without any visible quality loss — free and private.