Guides
How to do the practical things
people actually need to do with PDFs.
Short, illustrated walkthroughs for the PDF tasks that come up day-to-day — compressing for email, converting to Word or PNG, merging chapters, splitting a long report, extracting embedded images. Each guide is five steps, runs through the in-browser app, and never asks you to upload a file to a stranger's server.
How to compress a PDF without losing quality
Five steps for shrinking a PDF while keeping the text layer crisp, layout intact, and signatures still selectable.
Compressing a PDF for email attachment
Hit Gmail's 25 MB cap (or Outlook's 20 MB) without re-rendering scans into mush.
Reduce PDF file size without installing software
For locked-down work laptops where you can't run Acrobat or any installer.
Reduce PDF size for free
No trial countdown, no "upgrade to compress more than 3 files" gate. Just shrink the file.
How to convert a PDF to JPG without uploading
Pick DPI, render every page or just a range, save the lot — locally, no server in between.
How to convert a PDF to PNG without losing quality
Lossless PNG with transparency preserved — palette vs truecolor, alpha, the works.
How to extract images from a PDF
Pull out the embedded photos, logos and diagrams — the originals, not re-rasterized copies.
Convert a PDF to truly editable Word
Output that opens with the cursor inline — not trapped inside unmovable text frames.
How to merge PDF files without uploading
Combine multiple PDFs in the right order, locally — drag rows, set per-file ranges, done.
How to split a PDF without uploading
Range, every-N-pages, or per-page modes — pick the right one and avoid the 200-files trap.