PDF Guides
Practical write-ups on working with PDF files.
- mergepractical
Five things worth checking before you merge PDFs
Merging takes seconds; undoing a bad merge takes longer. Check order, orientation, page size, passwords, and final size first.
4 min read
- compresshow it works
Why your PDF won't get smaller
Sometimes compression barely changes the file size. Here's what's actually inside a PDF, and which documents genuinely shrink.
5 min read
- scanningorganize
The right order for cleaning up a scanned PDF
Scans arrive with upside-down pages and blank sheets mixed in. Doing the steps in this order means you only do them once.
4 min read