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How to use every tool without guessing

A friendly manual for the whole toolkit — step-by-step flows, every option explained, and little tips that make you look like you’ve used this for years. Tools now ship with pre / during / post extras (thumbs, live preview, Continue to…). Files still never leave your browser.

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Extras on every serious tool

Before you start, while you work, and after you download — the same polish you expect from PDF24 or Smallpdf, without uploading your files.

Before

Setup that shows your files

Thumbnails, page counts, multi-file queues, and privacy chips before you commit.

During

Options while you work

Grid/list views, invert selection, live previews, quality presets, hit navigation, and tool-specific controls in the workspace.

After

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Download, then jump into Compress, Watermark, Protect, Split, or related tools from the result panel.

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Organize

Merge, split, remove, extract, rearrange, booklet — shape the document structure.

Edit

Watermark, rotate, annotate, highlight, sign, page numbers, fill forms.

Optimize

Compress with real quality presets and optional batch ZIP.

Convert

Images ↔ PDF, scan to PDF, HTML to PDF.

Secure

Protect, unlock, and redact sensitive content.

OCR

Make scans and photos searchable in the browser.

Utilities

Preview, search, metadata, compare, QR, text extract.

How to use every tool without guessing

Extras on every serious tool

Setup that shows your files

Options while you work

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Organize

Merge PDFStitch several PDFs into one clean file — contracts, resumes, scanned chapters, whatever you’re juggling. Built like the big sites: previews, sort, blank pages, bookmarks, and page-level mixing.

Extract PagesPull only the pages you need — invert selection, large preview, optional ZIP of separate PDFs.

Remove PagesDelete cover sheets or blanks — invert to keep-only and confirm the remaining count.

Rearrange PagesShuffle page order with reverse / odd-even helpers and rotate-while-reorder.

Split PDFBreak a long PDF into smaller pieces — range labels, ZIP polish, ResultPanel Continue-to.

Booklet CreatorBooklet layout with a visual sheet diagram, binding side, and pad-to-multiple-of-4.

Edit

Add Page NumbersAdd tidy page numbers with a live overlay preview — formats that match print packs.

Watermark PDFStamp “CONFIDENTIAL”, your logo, or a tiled brand mark — drag on preview, presets, odd/even scope.

Add SignatureDraw, type, or upload a signature — drag and resize, place multiple times before export.

Rotate PDFFix sideways scans and landscape pages with a live preview of the angle.

Annotate PDFDrop sticky-note style comments with color/size controls and undo.

Highlight PDFMark passages with color presets, undo, and clearer page nav.

Fill PDF FormsFill AcroForm fields with a side-by-side list and page preview highlight on focus.

Optimize

Compress PDFShrink email-killing PDFs by re-encoding pages as JPEG — real size drops, not fake tricks.

Convert

Images to PDFTurn a pile of photos or screenshots into one shareable PDF — Merge-level thumbnails for images.

PDF to ImagesTurn each page into a PNG or JPEG you can drop into slides, chats, or design tools.

Scan to PDFCamera or photo queue with reorder/rotate/delete and page size options.

HTML to PDFHTML to PDF with live preview, page size/margins, and starter templates.

Secure

Protect PDFLock a PDF with a password before you send it outside your team.

Unlock PDFRemove a password from a PDF you own so you can edit or merge it freely.

Redact PDFBlack out secrets — draw boxes, jump to search hits, or redact all matches with a confirm.

OCR

OCR PDFMake scanned pages searchable — language select, page subset, honest progress.

OCR Image to PDFBatch images → editable text preview → searchable PDF.

Utilities

Metadata ViewerPeek under the hood — title, author, page count, first-page thumb, and JSON export.

Metadata EditorFix title, author, and other fields so downloads look professional.

PDF Page PreviewBrowse every page with zoom and subset select — download a page or ZIP.

PDF Thumbnail GeneratorExport page thumbnails as images — zoom, subset, ZIP via ResultPanel.

PDF SearchFind a phrase, then click a match to jump to page preview with snippet highlight.

PDF to TextExtract text with per-page sections, copy all, and Continue-to OCR when needed.

Compare PDFsDiff two versions with synced page nav, text-diff TXT export, and ResultPanel Continue-to.

QR Code to PDFLive QR preview with size/color and an optional label on the PDF page.