# PDF guides

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Every guide on pdfpix is on this page, 105 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.

## Related pages

- [Convert PDF to Word](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-pdf-to-word/): Turn a PDF back into an editable Word document, and know what the conversion cannot recover. Free, in your browser, with PDF to Word.
- [How to reduce PDF file size](https://pdfpix.com/guides/how-to-compress-a-pdf/): Make a PDF smaller and know what got dropped. Free, in your browser, with Compress PDF.
- [Remove a password from a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/remove-a-password-from-a-pdf/): Save a copy without the password you have to type every time. Free, in your browser, with Unlock PDF.
- [Scan documents with your phone](https://pdfpix.com/guides/scan-documents-with-your-phone/): Turn a phone photo into a document scan that looks like a scan. Free, in your browser, with HEIC to PDF.
- [How to combine PDF files](https://pdfpix.com/guides/how-to-combine-pdf-files/): Put several PDFs into one file, in the order you want. Free, in your browser, with Merge PDF.
- [How to edit a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/how-to-edit-a-pdf/): Change something in a PDF and know which changes are easy. Free, in your browser, with Reorder PDF pages.
- [Convert Word to PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-word-to-pdf/): Save a Word document as a PDF, with its hyperlinks and heading bookmarks intact. Free, in your browser, with Word to PDF.
- [Add a signature to a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/add-a-signature-to-a-pdf/): Add a drawn or typed signature to a page. Free, in your browser, with Add signature to PDF.
- [How to sign a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/how-to-sign-a-pdf/): Put a signature on a PDF and know whether it counts. Free, in your browser, with Add signature to PDF.
- [Digital vs electronic signature](https://pdfpix.com/guides/digital-vs-electronic-signature/): Know which kind of signature the person asking will accept. Free, in your browser, with Add signature to PDF.
- [Create a digital signature](https://pdfpix.com/guides/create-a-digital-signature/): Get a signature that a checker can verify. Free, in your browser, with Add signature to PDF.
- [Sign a Word document](https://pdfpix.com/guides/sign-a-word-document/): Sign a Word file, or turn it into a PDF and sign that. Free, in your browser, with Word to PDF.
- [Remove a watermark from a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/remove-a-watermark-from-a-pdf/): Get a watermark off a page you have the right to change. A guide, with the tool that does the job named in it.
- [Edit text in a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/edit-text-in-a-pdf/): Change the words on a PDF page. A guide, with the tool that does the job named in it.
- [Fill out a PDF form](https://pdfpix.com/guides/fill-out-a-pdf-form/): Fill a form and send it back so the fields stay filled. Free, in your browser, with Fill PDF form.
- [Merge Word documents into a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/merge-word-documents-into-a-pdf/): Join several Word files into one PDF. Free, in your browser, with Merge PDF.
- [Change PDF file size](https://pdfpix.com/guides/change-pdf-file-size/): Hit an exact file size a form demands. Free, in your browser, with Compress PDF.
- [Add two PDF files together](https://pdfpix.com/guides/merge-two-or-three-pdfs/): Join two or three PDFs quickly. Free, in your browser, with Merge 2 PDFs.
- [Insert a PDF into Word](https://pdfpix.com/guides/insert-a-pdf-into-word/): Put a PDF inside a Word document. Free, in your browser, with PDF to image.
- [Unlock a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/unlock-a-pdf/): Work out which lock is on the file and what to do about it. Free, in your browser, with Unlock PDF.
- [How to redact a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/how-to-redact-a-pdf/): Remove private information from a PDF so it cannot be selected, searched or recovered. Free, in your browser, with Redact PDF.
- [Add pages to a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/add-pages-to-a-pdf/): Insert pages into an existing PDF at the right place. Free, in your browser, with Reorder PDF pages.
- [Remove metadata from a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/remove-metadata-from-a-pdf/): Take your name and your software out of a PDF before sending it. Free, in your browser, with Remove metadata from PDF.
- [Convert a PDF to JPG](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-a-pdf-to-jpg/): Turn PDF pages into images you can paste somewhere. Free, in your browser, with PDF to JPG.
- [Combine pages into one PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/combine-pages-into-one-pdf/): Get loose pages into one ordered PDF. Free, in your browser, with Multiple PDF to one PDF.
- [Insert a PDF into Excel](https://pdfpix.com/guides/insert-a-pdf-into-excel/): Put a PDF into a spreadsheet so it opens from a cell. Free, in your browser, with PDF to image.
- [Convert Excel to PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-excel-to-pdf/): Turn an Excel workbook into a PDF, one sheet or all of them. Free, in your browser, with Excel to PDF.
- [Convert PDF to Excel](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-pdf-to-excel/): Get the tables out of a PDF and into an Excel workbook. Free, in your browser, with PDF to Excel.
- [Fit an Excel sheet on one PDF page](https://pdfpix.com/guides/fit-an-excel-sheet-on-one-pdf-page/): Get a wide Excel sheet onto one PDF page without cut-off columns. Free, in your browser, with Excel to PDF.
- [Excel to PDF in landscape](https://pdfpix.com/guides/excel-to-pdf-in-landscape/): Export an Excel sheet as a landscape PDF. Free, in your browser, with Excel to PDF.
- [Excel to PDF without losing formatting](https://pdfpix.com/guides/excel-to-pdf-without-losing-formatting/): Keep column widths, colours and page breaks when Excel becomes a PDF. Free, in your browser, with Excel to PDF.
- [Copy a table from PDF to Excel](https://pdfpix.com/guides/copy-a-table-from-pdf-to-excel/): Move one table from a PDF into Excel with rows and columns intact. Free, in your browser, with PDF to Excel.
- [Convert a bank statement PDF to Excel](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-a-bank-statement-pdf-to-excel/): Turn a bank statement PDF into an Excel sheet without uploading it. Free, in your browser, with PDF to Excel.
- [Compress multiple PDFs into one](https://pdfpix.com/guides/merge-and-compress-pdfs/): Join several PDFs and keep the result under a size limit. Free, in your browser, with Merge PDF.
- [Open a password protected PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/open-a-password-protected-pdf/): Open a PDF that asks for a password. Free, in your browser, with Unlock PDF.
- [Split one PDF into separate files](https://pdfpix.com/guides/split-a-pdf-into-separate-files/): Cut a PDF into the files you actually need. Free, in your browser, with Split PDF.
- [Insert a PDF into Google Docs](https://pdfpix.com/guides/add-a-pdf-to-google-docs/): Get a PDF into a Google Doc. Free, in your browser, with PDF to image.
- [Convert a ZIP to PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-a-zip-to-pdf/): Get the contents of a zip into one PDF. Free, in your browser, with Image to PDF.
- [Scan multiple pages into one PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/scan-multiple-pages-into-one-pdf/): Get a multi-page scan into a single PDF. Free, in your browser, with Image to PDF.
- [Scan a passport with your phone](https://pdfpix.com/guides/scan-a-passport-with-your-phone/): Check all four corners are in frame and there is no glare, then get the passport page into a PDF an office will accept. Free, in your browser, with JPG to PDF.
- [Rotate a PDF and save it](https://pdfpix.com/guides/rotate-a-pdf-and-save-it/): Turn a page and have it stay turned after saving. Free, in your browser, with Rotate PDF.
- [How to compress a PDF without losing quality](https://pdfpix.com/guides/compress-pdf-without-losing-quality/): Cut the file size without wrecking the text or the images. Free, in your browser, with Compress PDF without losing quality.
- [Save a PDF without its password](https://pdfpix.com/guides/save-a-pdf-without-its-password/): Keep a copy you can open without typing the password each time. Free, in your browser, with Unlock PDF.
- [Scan documents on a Samsung phone](https://pdfpix.com/guides/scan-documents-on-a-samsung-phone/): Use the scanner already on a Samsung phone. Free, in your browser, with JPG to PDF.
- [Remove a blank page from a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/remove-a-blank-page-from-a-pdf/): Drop the blank pages a duplex scan left behind. Free, in your browser, with Remove blank pages from PDF.
- [Combine images into one PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/combine-images-into-one-pdf/): Turn a folder of images into one PDF in the right order. Free, in your browser, with Image to PDF.
- [How to decrypt a PDF file](https://pdfpix.com/guides/decrypt-a-pdf/): Understand what decrypting a PDF does and does not mean. Free, in your browser, with Unlock PDF.
- [Edit a password protected PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/edit-a-password-protected-pdf/): Change a PDF that refuses edits. Free, in your browser, with Unlock PDF.
- [ZIP a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/zip-a-pdf/): Make a PDF small enough to send by zipping it. Free, in your browser, with Compress PDF.
- [Compress a PDF on mobile](https://pdfpix.com/guides/compress-a-pdf-on-your-phone/): Shrink a PDF on a phone without installing anything. Free, in your browser, with Compress PDF.
- [Fill a PDF form on mobile](https://pdfpix.com/guides/fill-a-pdf-form-on-your-phone/): Fill a PDF form without a computer. Free, in your browser, with Fill PDF form.
- [Share a PDF as a link](https://pdfpix.com/guides/share-a-pdf-as-a-link/): Send a PDF as a link instead of an attachment. A guide, with the tool that does the job named in it.
- [Email two PDFs as one attachment](https://pdfpix.com/guides/email-two-pdfs-as-one-attachment/): Send two PDFs as one file that gets through the size limit. Free, in your browser, with Merge 2 PDFs.
- [Can redacted PDF text be recovered?](https://pdfpix.com/guides/can-redacted-text-be-recovered/): Often, yes. Find out when covered or redacted PDF text can still be recovered, and what a real redaction does instead.
- [Compress large PDF files](https://pdfpix.com/guides/compress-a-large-pdf/): Deal with a PDF too big for the usual tools. Free, in your browser, with Compress large PDF.
- [Merge scanned documents into one PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/merge-scanned-documents/): Join scans into one PDF and keep the result small. Free, in your browser, with Merge PDF.
- [Combine screenshots into a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/combine-screenshots-into-a-pdf/): Turn a run of screenshots into one PDF to send. Free, in your browser, with PNG to PDF.
- [Forgot your PDF password and cannot open it](https://pdfpix.com/guides/forgot-your-pdf-password/): Find out what is possible when the password is gone. Free, in your browser, with Unlock PDF.
- [Save a webpage as a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/save-a-webpage-as-a-pdf/): Get the page on the screen into a PDF, from any browser. Free, in your browser, with HTML to PDF.
- [Convert HTML to PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-html-to-pdf/): Turn a saved HTML file into a PDF and know what carries over. Free, in your browser, with HTML to PDF.
- [Save a webpage as HTML](https://pdfpix.com/guides/save-a-webpage-as-html/): Save the page on the screen as an HTML file that opens offline. Free, in your browser, with HTML to PDF.
- [Convert PDF to HTML](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-pdf-to-html/): Turn a PDF into clean HTML that keeps headings, tables and footnotes. Free, in your browser, with PDF to HTML.
- [Word to PDF without losing formatting](https://pdfpix.com/guides/word-to-pdf-without-losing-formatting/): Stop fonts, spacing and page breaks from shifting when Word becomes a PDF. Free, in your browser, with Word to PDF.
- [Word to PDF hyperlinks not working](https://pdfpix.com/guides/keep-hyperlinks-when-converting-word-to-pdf/): Keep clickable links when a Word document is saved as a PDF. Free, in your browser, with Word to PDF.
- [Convert multiple Word documents to PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-multiple-word-documents-to-pdf/): Convert several Word files to PDF, one after another in the browser, then merge them into one PDF. Free, in your browser, with Word to PDF.
- [Make a Word document a fillable PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/make-a-word-document-a-fillable-pdf/): Turn a Word form into a PDF that people can type into. Free, in your browser, with Create fillable PDF form.
- [Make a Word to PDF file smaller](https://pdfpix.com/guides/make-a-word-to-pdf-file-smaller/): Export a Word file as a PDF that fits an upload limit. Free, in your browser, with Compress PDF.
- [Word to PDF on a mobile phone](https://pdfpix.com/guides/word-to-pdf-on-a-phone/): Save a Word document as a PDF on an iPhone or Android phone. Free, in your browser, with Word to PDF.
- [Word to PDF on a Mac](https://pdfpix.com/guides/word-to-pdf-on-a-mac/): Save a Word document as a PDF on a Mac, with links intact. Free, in your browser, with Word to PDF.
- [Convert PowerPoint to PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-powerpoint-to-pdf/): Turn a PowerPoint deck into a PDF, one slide per page. Free, in your browser, with PowerPoint to PDF.
- [Save PowerPoint as PDF with notes](https://pdfpix.com/guides/save-powerpoint-as-pdf-with-notes/): Export a PowerPoint deck as a PDF that shows the speaker notes under each slide. Free, in your browser, with Compress PDF.
- [Convert a Google Doc to PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-a-google-doc-to-pdf/): Download a Google Doc as a PDF on a computer or a phone. Free, in your browser, with Compress PDF.
- [Keep formatting when converting PDF to Word](https://pdfpix.com/guides/keep-formatting-when-converting-pdf-to-word/): Keep headings, columns and tables in place when a PDF becomes a Word file. Free, in your browser, with PDF to Word.
- [Convert a scanned PDF to Word with OCR](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-a-scanned-pdf-to-word/): Get editable text out of a scanned PDF and into Word. Free, in your browser, with PDF to Word.
- [Open a PDF in Word](https://pdfpix.com/guides/open-a-pdf-in-word/): Open a PDF in Word to edit it, and know what Word's own converter changes. Free, in your browser, with PDF to Word.
- [PDF to Word on a mobile phone](https://pdfpix.com/guides/pdf-to-word-on-a-phone/): Convert a PDF to Word on an iPhone or Android phone. Free, in your browser, with PDF to Word.
- [PDF to Word on a Mac](https://pdfpix.com/guides/pdf-to-word-on-a-mac/): Turn a PDF into a Word document on a Mac without Adobe Acrobat. Free, in your browser, with PDF to Word.
- [Convert PDF to PowerPoint](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-pdf-to-powerpoint/): Turn a PDF into a PowerPoint deck, one page per slide. Free, in your browser, with PDF to PowerPoint.
- [Insert a PDF into PowerPoint](https://pdfpix.com/guides/insert-a-pdf-into-powerpoint/): Put a PDF page, or the whole file, into a PowerPoint slide. Free, in your browser, with PDF to PNG.
- [Convert PDF to Google Slides](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-pdf-to-google-slides/): Get PDF pages into Google Slides, as images or as an imported deck. Free, in your browser, with PDF to PowerPoint.
- [Convert a PDF to Google Docs](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-a-pdf-to-google-docs/): Open a PDF as an editable Google Doc. Free, in your browser, with PDF to Word.
- [Convert CSV to PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-csv-to-pdf/): Turn a CSV file into a PDF with the columns lined up and the whole table on the page. Free, in your browser, with Excel to PDF.
- [Convert Apple Pages to PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-pages-to-pdf/): Export an Apple Pages document as a PDF on a Mac, an iPhone or iCloud, and get it under a size limit after. Free, in your browser, with Compress PDF.
- [Convert a PDF to Apple Pages](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-a-pdf-to-pages/): Open a PDF in Apple Pages as an editable document. Free, in your browser, with PDF to Word.
- [Turn a PDF into a slideshow](https://pdfpix.com/guides/turn-a-pdf-into-a-slideshow/): Show a PDF one page at a time like a slideshow, or turn it into a deck you can edit. Free, in your browser, with PDF to PowerPoint.
- [Convert a PDF to Google Sheets](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-a-pdf-to-google-sheets/): Get a table out of a PDF and into Google Sheets with the columns intact. Free, in your browser, with PDF to Excel.
- [Convert Keynote to PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-keynote-to-pdf/): Export a Keynote deck as a PDF, with or without presenter notes, and make it small enough to send. Free, in your browser, with Compress PDF.
- [Convert Apple Numbers to PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-numbers-to-pdf/): Export an Apple Numbers spreadsheet as a PDF that fits the page, and shrink it after. Free, in your browser, with Compress PDF.
- [Convert a PDF to Keynote](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-a-pdf-to-keynote/): Turn a PDF into a Keynote deck you can edit. Free, in your browser, with PDF to PowerPoint.
- [Convert Google Sheets to PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-google-sheets-to-pdf/): Export a Google Sheet as a PDF that fits on the page, then get it under a size limit. Free, in your browser, with Compress PDF.
- [PowerPoint to PDF on a mobile phone](https://pdfpix.com/guides/powerpoint-to-pdf-on-a-phone/): Turn a PowerPoint deck into a PDF on an iPhone or Android phone, and go the other way. Free, in your browser, with PowerPoint to PDF.
- [Convert PDF to CSV](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-pdf-to-csv/): Get a table out of a PDF as a CSV file that a spreadsheet or a script can read. Free, in your browser, with PDF to CSV.
- [Convert Google Slides to PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-google-slides-to-pdf/): Download a Google Slides deck as a PDF, with or without the speaker notes, and shrink it after. Free, in your browser, with Compress PDF.
- [Convert Markdown to PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/convert-markdown-to-pdf/): Turn a Markdown file into a PDF with real headings, lists, code blocks and tables. Free, in your browser, with Markdown to PDF.
- [Put two PDF pages on one page](https://pdfpix.com/guides/put-two-pdf-pages-on-one-page/): Put two PDF pages side by side on one page, so the file prints two-up or reads as a spread. Free, in your browser, with N-up, booklet and poster PDF.
- [Print four PDF pages on one sheet](https://pdfpix.com/guides/print-four-pdf-pages-on-one-sheet/): Fit four PDF pages on one sheet as a two by two grid and keep the text readable. Free, in your browser, with N-up, booklet and poster PDF.
- [Make a booklet from a PDF](https://pdfpix.com/guides/make-a-booklet-from-a-pdf/): Turn a PDF into a folded booklet with the pages in the right order on each side of the sheet. Free, in your browser, with N-up, booklet and poster PDF.
- [Scan two pages onto one page](https://pdfpix.com/guides/scan-two-pages-onto-one-page/): Put two scanned pages or photos on one PDF page, as a form portal or a printer asks. Free, in your browser, with N-up, booklet and poster PDF.
- [Increase PDF file size to 100 KB or another minimum](https://pdfpix.com/guides/increase-pdf-file-size/): Get a PDF over the minimum size a portal demands, without padding it with junk. Free, in your browser, with PDF to image.
- [Compress a PDF on a Mac](https://pdfpix.com/guides/compress-a-pdf-on-a-mac/): Make a PDF smaller on a Mac, to the exact size a form asks for. Free, in your browser, with Compress PDF.
- [Merge PDFs on a Mac](https://pdfpix.com/guides/merge-pdfs-on-a-mac/): Combine PDFs on a Mac with Preview, Finder or the browser. Free, in your browser, with Merge PDF.
- [Merge PDFs on Windows](https://pdfpix.com/guides/merge-pdfs-on-windows/): Merge PDF files on a Windows PC with nothing to install. Free, in your browser, with Merge PDF.
- [Sign a PDF on your iPhone or Android phone](https://pdfpix.com/guides/sign-a-pdf-on-your-phone/): Sign a PDF on an iPhone, iPad or Android phone. Free, in your browser, with Add signature to PDF.
- [Sign a PDF on a Mac](https://pdfpix.com/guides/sign-a-pdf-on-a-mac/): Sign a PDF on a Mac with Preview or in the browser. Free, in your browser, with Add signature to PDF.
- [Fill a PDF form on a Mac](https://pdfpix.com/guides/fill-a-pdf-form-on-a-mac/): Fill a PDF form on a Mac so the answers arrive filled. Free, in your browser, with Fill PDF form.