Guides
Working with PDF files
Short, practical walkthroughs of the jobs people need done, written from how these tools behave, including where they fall short.
Each guide is the click-by-click path through one tool. For the reasons behind a problem, such as why a PDF is so large or why a scan has no text to select, the answers section has a post for each question, and every guide below links to the ones that belong with it.
How to edit a PDFChange the text and images inside a PDF, including scanned ones.Read the guide →How to merge PDF filesCombine several documents into one, in the order you choose.Read the guide →How to compress a PDFMake a heavy file small enough to email, without wrecking the text.Read the guide →How to convert JPG to PDFTurn photos and scanned pages into one properly paginated document.Read the guide →How to split a PDFPull specific pages out, or break a long document into separate files.Read the guide →How to convert Word to PDFTurn a Word document into a PDF, on the page size and margins you choose.Read the guide →How to resize a PDF to A4 or LetterPut every page on A4, Letter or another standard sheet, without distortion.Read the guide →How to initial every page of a PDFPut your initials in the same spot on every page, then sign the last one.Read the guide →How to digitally sign a PDFSign with your own certificate so any later change to the document shows.Read the guide →How to send a PDF for signatureGet a document signed by other people, in order or all at once, and track it.Read the guide →How to make a scanned PDF searchableAdd real, searchable text to a scan without changing how the page looks.Read the guide →How to delete pages from a PDFRemove one page, a range or a scattered list, and keep the rest untouched.Read the guide →How to add an image to a PDFPlace a logo, photo or stamp on the page, sized and positioned where you want it.Read the guide →How to fill in a PDF form that isn't fillableType onto a flat form, tick its boxes and send it back without printing.Read the guide →How to white out text in a PDFCover a mistake or an old detail with white and type the correction over it.Read the guide →
Looking for the tools themselves? Browse all PDF tools. Signing or checking a signed document? Start at the signing hub.