PDF guides

Step-by-step help for everyday PDF jobs. Each guide names the tool it uses and says plainly where your file is processed — in your browser, or on a secure server that deletes it afterwards.

How to merge PDF files

Combine two or more PDFs into one file, right in your browser. Drag to set the order, then merge — your files stay on your device. No account needed.

How to split a PDF into separate files

Split a PDF by page range, fixed intervals, one file per page, file size, bookmarks or a word on the page — right in your browser. No account needed.

How to compress a PDF

Compress a PDF with a lossless repack that runs in your browser, or send image-heavy files through deep image compression on a secure, auto-deleting server.

How to convert a PDF to an editable Word document

Convert a PDF into an editable Word (DOCX) file on a secure server that deletes the input when the job finishes. No account needed.

How to convert JPG to PDF

Combine JPG photos into one PDF right in your browser — your files never leave your device. One photo per US Letter page, in the order you set.

How to convert a PDF to JPG or PNG images

Turn PDF pages into JPG or PNG images right in your browser — your file never leaves your device. Pick the pages, colour and resolution; several arrive as one ZIP.

How to rotate pages in a PDF

Rotate every page of a PDF, or only the pages you pick — left, right, or upside down — right in your browser, so the file stays on your device.

How to add text, images, and shapes to a PDF

Click on a PDF page to add text, images, signatures, shapes and notes in your browser, so the file stays on your device, and see what Edit PDF can and cannot change.

How to create a fillable PDF form

Turn a PDF into a fillable AcroForm with text fields, checkboxes, dropdowns, radio groups, and lists — built right in your browser, no account needed.

How to fill out a PDF form

Fill out a PDF form's text fields, checkboxes, and dropdowns right in your browser — the file stays on your device, and no account is needed.

How to sign a PDF

Sign a PDF by drawing, typing, or picking a signature image — right in your browser, so the file never leaves your device. No account needed.

How to make a scanned PDF searchable

OCR a scanned PDF so its text becomes searchable and selectable — processed on an auto-deleting server, no account needed.

How to password-protect a PDF

Password-protect a PDF with real AES encryption. Your file goes to an auto-deleting server, and no account is needed.

How to translate a PDF into another language

Translate a PDF into another language with AI. Get Markdown and plain text back; our secure server wipes inputs at job end. No account needed.

How to delete pages from a PDF

Remove unwanted pages from a PDF by clicking thumbnails or typing a range — right in your browser, so the file never leaves your device. No account needed.

How to convert Markdown to PDF

Paste Markdown or pick a .md file and get a typeset PDF — headings, lists, quotes and code — made in your browser, so nothing leaves your device.

How to redact a PDF permanently

Redact a PDF so the text under each box is gone, not hidden: find words, detect personal data, then flatten or remove — in your browser. No account needed.

How to repair a damaged or corrupted PDF

Rebuild a damaged PDF with qpdf on a secure server that deletes the input when the job finishes, and see what had to be fixed. No account needed.

How to add page numbers to a PDF

Add page numbers to a PDF in your browser: pick a format and one of 9 positions, skip the cover, and choose the first number. No account needed.

How to flatten a filled PDF form

Flatten a filled PDF form in your browser, so its answers become part of the page and can't be edited — before you send it, print it or lock it with a password.

How to compare two PDF files

Compare two versions of a PDF in your browser: page count, file size and every added or removed line of text, with a downloadable report. Scans need OCR first.

How to remove a password from a PDF

Remove the password from a PDF you can open: type the password that works and download an unprotected copy. Runs on an auto-deleting server.

How to edit the existing text in a PDF

Retype a line of a PDF's own text, or find and replace words on every page, in your browser. The old words are removed from the file, not covered up.

How to add a watermark to a PDF

Stamp CONFIDENTIAL, DRAFT or your logo on a PDF in your browser: any position or tiled, on the pages you pick, over or behind the content.

How to crop a PDF and trim its margins

Trim PDF margins evenly or side by side, in points, millimetres or inches, or let Auto find the white margins for you. Runs in your browser, no account.

How to convert a PDF to Excel

Export a PDF's text to an Excel XLSX sheet, one row per line with each value in its column and amounts as numbers. A secure server deletes your PDF after.

How to convert a PDF to PowerPoint

Turn each PDF page into a slide in a .pptx file, with pictures where the page shows them and each line of text in a text box. Runs on an auto-deleting server.

How to convert a Word document to PDF

Convert a .docx or .doc file to PDF with LibreOffice on a secure server that deletes your file after the job. Excel and PowerPoint files convert the same way.

How to OCR a PDF in Bengali, Hindi, Arabic and more

OCR a scanned PDF in any of 34 languages, including Bengali, Hindi, Arabic, and Tamil, up to 4 per job. Get a searchable PDF, text, or a Word file.

How to save a web page as a PDF

Paste a public link and get the page as a PDF with selectable text, rendered by Chromium on a secure server. Choose page size, margins or one long page.

How to extract images from a PDF

Save the pictures embedded in a PDF at their original resolution, JPEGs byte for byte and other images as lossless PNGs, right in your browser.

How to reorder pages in a PDF

Drag PDF pages into a new order, turn, copy or delete them, and add blank pages, right in your browser. Undo any step. No account needed.

How to scan documents to PDF with your phone camera

Photograph paper pages with your phone's camera and save them as one PDF, with a clean-up that makes the paper white. Made in your browser, no app needed.

How to edit PDF metadata (title, author, keywords)

See and change a PDF's title, author, subject, keywords and dates, or remove them all, XMP included, right in your browser. No account needed.

How to resize PDF pages to A4 or Letter

Change a PDF's pages to A4, US Letter, US Legal, A3, or A5 or a custom size, scaling the content to fit or changing only the canvas. Runs in your browser.

How to print multiple pages per sheet (2-up, 4-up)

Put 2, 4, 6, or 9 PDF pages on each A4 or US Letter sheet, in the order you pick, with margins and optional borders. Runs in your browser.

How to add Bates numbers to a PDF

Stamp Bates numbers such as ACME-000001 on every page of a PDF: pick a prefix and a digit count, and carry on from the last batch. Runs in your browser.

How to combine double-sided scans into one PDF

Scanned the fronts and the backs of a stack as two PDFs? Interleave them into one in reading order, and reverse the backs if needed. Runs in your browser.

How to convert WebP, GIF, or BMP images to PDF

Turn WebP, GIF, and BMP images into one PDF, mixed with JPGs and PNGs, one image per page. Your browser converts them, and no account is needed.

How to compress a PDF to 100 KB (or 200 KB)

Make a PDF fit an upload limit of 100 KB, 200 KB, 500 KB, or 1 MB: pick a target size, and our server shrinks the images until it fits or can go no smaller.

How to convert JPG to PDF under 100 KB (or 200 KB)

Make a PDF of a photo, signature or scan that fits a limit of 100 KB, 200 KB, 500 KB, or 1 MB. Your browser shrinks the image until it fits.

How to convert Bangla PDF to Word

Turn a scanned Bengali PDF into editable Word: our server reads the text with OCR.

How to convert Excel to PDF

Turn an Excel workbook or CSV file into a PDF with LibreOffice on a secure server that deletes your file after the job. No account needed.

How to convert PowerPoint to PDF

Turn a .pptx or .ppt deck into a PDF with one slide per page, made by LibreOffice on a secure server that deletes your file after the job.

How to extract pages from a PDF

Save just the pages you need as a new PDF by clicking thumbnails or typing a range, right in your browser, so the file never leaves your device.

How to summarize a PDF with AI

Get an AI summary of a PDF as paragraphs, bullet points or an outline, brief to detailed, with an optional focus. No account needed.

How to convert a PDF to PDF/A

Convert a PDF to PDF/A-2b for archiving with Ghostscript on a secure server, and read what it had to drop before you download. No account needed.

How to convert a PDF to PNG images

Save PDF pages as lossless PNG images at 96, 150 or 300 DPI, every page or only the ones you pick, in colour or grayscale. Your PDF stays on your device.

How to convert a PDF to text

Copy the selectable text out of a PDF into a plain UTF-8 .txt file, preview it before you save, and see which pages had none. Your PDF stays on your device.

How to convert a PDF to black and white

Turn a color PDF into shades of gray for printing, right in your browser. Choose 96 or 150 DPI; pages become images, so keep the original.

How to highlight text in a PDF

Drag a highlight over the words on a PDF page, set its colour and opacity, then flatten it into the page or keep it as a comment. It runs in your browser.

How to chat with a PDF using AI

Ask a PDF questions and get AI answers from its text, with [p.N] page citations to check and follow-up questions. Scans need OCR first. No account needed.

How to extract tables from a PDF

Pull the tables out of a text-based PDF into CSV files and one Excel workbook, a sheet per table. It runs on a secure server; scans need OCR first.

How to convert a PDF to Markdown

Turn a PDF's selectable text into a Markdown .md file with a title, page headings, paragraphs and list items worked out from the page, in your browser.

How to add a header and footer to a PDF

Put a line of your own text at the top and bottom of every PDF page, with page number, page count and date fields, aligned as you choose, in your browser.

How to convert a text file (TXT) to PDF

Turn a .txt file or pasted text into a paginated PDF with a heading and a page count on every page, made in your browser. No account needed.

How to prepare a PDF for other people to sign

Add a named signature box, and a date box, for each signer on one PDF, then send the prepared file yourself. pdf.xyz emails no one and collects nothing.

How to extract data from a PDF with AI

Name the fields you need, such as an invoice number, a date or a total, and an AI model pulls them out of a PDF's text as JSON. Scans need OCR first.

How to convert PNG to PDF (screenshots and logos)

Turn PNG screenshots, charts and logos into one PDF in your browser. Pixels are kept without JPEG blur, and see-through areas sit on a white page.

How to convert an HTML file to PDF

Turn one .html file into a PDF with selectable text: Chromium prints it on our secure server, running its scripts and print CSS. Embed images and styles.

How to add a letterhead to a PDF

Lay a letterhead PDF over every page of a letter or invoice, behind the text or on top, in your browser. The letter stays real, selectable text.

How to optimize a PDF for the web (fast web view)

Linearize a PDF so a browser can show page one while the rest downloads. It is not compression; for a smaller file, use Compress PDF. Runs on our server.

How to split PDF pages in half (scanned book spreads)

Turn a scanned book with two pages on every sheet into single pages: cut each PDF page down the middle, in reading order, covers kept whole. In your browser.

How to straighten a crooked scanned PDF (deskew)

Level the pages of a PDF that went through the scanner at a slight angle, and make it searchable in the same step. Runs on our secure server.