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PDF Tools

Use these tools to put PDFs together or take them apart, make a large file smaller, turn pages into images or images into pages, pull out the text, and find out what is inside a document before you send it.

Most tools upload your file to our server, process it there and delete it afterwards. Files can be up to 20 MB and 200 pages, and Merge PDF and Image to PDF take up to 20 files at a time. Several tools are the exception and run in your browser, uploading nothing: the PDF Text Editor, the PDF Bleed Adder, the Address Window Position Checker, and the page, grey, flatten and booklet tools (Remove Blank Pages, Grayscale / Black & White, Page Resizer, Flatten and N-Up / Booklet). Text extraction reads the text that is already in a PDF; it is not OCR, so a scanned page with no text layer comes out empty. For scans, use the PDF Text Editor, which includes browser-based OCR.

Split, extract and rotate rearrange the pages that are already in the file rather than redrawing them.

25 tools · free, no sign-up required

Combine & split

Join several PDFs, or keep a range or list of pages from one PDF as a new file. Page ranges are written like 1-3,7.

Convert

Turn pages into images or images into a PDF.

Compress

Reduce the size of a PDF that is too large to email or upload.

Edit

Turn every page by a fixed angle, edit the text on a page, delete blank pages, or flatten form fields and annotations into the page.

Extract

Pull the text or the embedded images out of a PDF.

Prepare for print or mail

Add bleed and crop marks, check an envelope window, put several pages on a sheet or make a booklet, change the page size, or make a PDF grayscale or black and white for printing.

Inspect & check

Read information about a PDF, or check its pages and structure, without changing it.

Which tool do I need?

  • I have several PDFs and need one file

    Use Merge PDF. Combines up to 20 files in the order you give.

  • I need only some pages of a PDF

    Use Extract PDF Pages. Keeps the pages you list as one new PDF. Split PDF uses the same method with a single range such as 3-7.

  • A PDF is too large to email

    Use Compress PDF. Re-compresses the images inside the file. If that cannot make it smaller, you get the original back unchanged.

  • A scanned PDF came out sideways

    Use Rotate PDF. Turns every page by 90, 180 or 270 degrees; it cannot rotate a single page.

  • I want to copy the text out

    Use PDF to Text. Reads the existing text layer. For a scan with no text, use the PDF Text Editor and its OCR.

  • I need a PDF as a picture

    Use PDF to JPG. PDF to PNG keeps sharp text and line art cleaner, at a larger file size.

  • A PDF will not open or looks damaged

    Use PDF Structure & Validity Checker. Checks the file structure and reports what is wrong.

  • A scan has empty pages between the real ones

    Use Remove Blank Pages from PDF. Shows every page with its ink percentage and removes only the ones you confirm.

  • I want a small folded booklet or two pages per sheet

    Use PDF N-Up & Booklet Maker. Puts pages in the right printing order, pads to a multiple of four and reports the page count.

  • A US Letter PDF has to print on A4 paper

    Use PDF Page Resizer. Redraws every page on the new size without distorting it, with a before and after report.

  • A filled form looks different in another viewer

    Use Flatten PDF. Turns fields and annotations into page content. Digital signatures do not survive.

  • My printer asks for 3 mm bleed

    Use PDF Bleed Adder. Adds bleed and optional crop marks without scaling the page. It does not convert colours or make a PDF/X.

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