PDF guides
Every guide on pdfpix is on this page, forty-seven articles with the most searched question first. Each one answers a single question and gives the steps for it. Where a step needs a tool, the tool is linked and it runs today. Where pdfpix has no tool for the job, the guide says so and names the software that does.
Guides
- How to reduce PDF file size Make a PDF smaller and know what got dropped.
- Remove a password from a PDF Save a copy without the password you have to type every time.
- Scan documents with your phone Turn a phone photo into a document scan that looks like a scan.
- How to combine PDF files Put several PDFs into one file, in the order you want.
- How to edit a PDF Change something in a PDF and know which changes are easy.
- Add a signature to a PDF Add a drawn or typed signature to a page.
- How to sign a PDF Put a signature on a PDF and know whether it counts.
- Digital vs electronic signature Know which kind of signature the person asking will accept.
- Create a digital signature Get a signature that a checker can verify.
- Sign a word document Sign a Word file, or turn it into a PDF and sign that.
- Remove a watermark from a PDF Get a watermark off a page you have the right to change.
- Edit text in a PDF Change the words on a PDF page.
- Fill out a PDF form Fill a form and send it back so the fields stay filled.
- Merge word documents into a PDF Join several Word files into one PDF.
- Change PDF file size Hit an exact file size a form demands.
- Add two PDF files together Join two or three PDFs quickly.
- Insert a PDF into word Put a PDF inside a Word document.
- Unlock a PDF Work out which lock is on the file and what to do about it.
- Add pages to a PDF Insert pages into an existing PDF at the right place.
- Remove metadata from a PDF Take your name and your software out of a PDF before sending it.
- Convert a PDF to JPG Turn PDF pages into images you can paste somewhere.
- Combine pages into one PDF Get loose pages into one ordered PDF.
- Insert a PDF into excel Put a PDF into a spreadsheet so it opens from a cell.
- Compress multiple PDFs into one Join several PDFs and keep the result under a size limit.
- Open a password protected PDF Open a PDF that asks for a password.
- Split one PDF into separate files Cut a PDF into the files you actually need.
- Add a PDF to google docs Get a PDF into a Google Doc.
- Convert a ZIP to PDF Get the contents of a zip into one PDF.
- Scan multiple pages into one PDF Get a multi-page scan into a single PDF.
- Scan a passport with your phone Get a passport page into a PDF an office will accept.
- Rotate a PDF and save it Turn a page and have it stay turned after saving.
- Compress PDF without losing quality Cut the file size without wrecking the text or the images.
- Save a PDF without its password Keep a copy you can open without typing the password each time.
- Scan documents on a samsung phone Use the scanner already on a Samsung phone.
- Remove a blank page from a PDF Drop the blank pages a duplex scan left behind.
- Combine images into one PDF Turn a folder of images into one PDF in the right order.
- How to decrypt a PDF file Understand what decrypting a PDF does and does not mean.
- Edit a password protected PDF Change a PDF that refuses edits.
- ZIP a PDF Make a PDF small enough to send by zipping it.
- Compress a PDF on mobile Shrink a PDF on a phone without installing anything.
- Fill a PDF form on mobile Fill a PDF form without a computer.
- Share a PDF as a link Send a PDF as a link instead of an attachment.
- Email two pdfs as one attachment Send two PDFs as one file that gets through the size limit.
- Compress large PDF files Deal with a PDF too big for the usual tools.
- Merge scanned documents into one PDF Join scans into one PDF and keep the result small.
- Combine screenshots into a PDF Turn a run of screenshots into one PDF to send.
- Forgot your PDF password and cannot open it Find out what is possible when the password is gone.