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Practical guides for your next PDF task.

Choose a workflow, try an original practice example and learn what to check in the downloaded file. These guides explain the decisions around a task; the working controls stay in the PDF tools.

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How to merge PDFs without uploading them

Combine two practice documents, put their pages in the right order and check the download. Understand what stays in your browser.

Read the Merge guide

Split or extract PDF pages: choose the right output

See how the same six-page document becomes two separate PDFs with Split, or one selected-page PDF with Extract.

Read the Split and Extract guide

Why a PDF may not shrink with lossless compression

Compare a genuinely smaller download with a byte-identical original. Learn why lossless compression cannot promise a target file size.

Read the compression guide

Make an A4 or US Letter PDF from JPG and PNG images

Choose paper size, orientation and margins without stretching your images. Compare the actual dimensions of two practice exports.

Read the image sizing guide

Start with the result you need

Combining documents? Start with Merge. Creating separate files or one smaller selection? Compare Split and Extract. Reducing bytes? Read why lossless compression sometimes keeps the original. Making pages from photos? Check paper size and image fit first.

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