PDF guides & know-how
Guides, tutorials and comparisons on private PDF
Translate a PDF with AI without uploading it, via the Translator API in Chrome or Edge 138+. Plain-text output page by page, unchanged PDF, language pairs and limits.
A reproducible method to check in the Network tab whether a PDF tool actually uploads your document — or processes it locally in the browser.
Placing a signature image on a PDF does not create an electronic signature in the eIDAS sense. Understand the three levels — simple, advanced, qualified — and pick the right tool.
Convert a PDF to PDF/A for long-term archiving, right in the browser: what the standard requires, what the tool does and its honest limits.
Compare two PDFs to spot differences between versions of a contract or document — in the browser, no upload.
Compress a PDF in your browser without uploading it: image resampling, cleanup and honest limits. Free, no account — nothing leaves your device.
Crop PDF pages to remove margins or center content, with a visual preview — in the browser, no upload.
Rebuild a two-sided PDF from two scan passes (fronts then backs) by interleaving pages — in the browser, no upload.
Pull a PDF's text page by page to reuse, index or analyze it — in the browser, no upload.
