PDF guides & know-how
No store, no account: a two-click install, double-click to open a PDF, Android share target, and a full offline mode once you have visited the site online once.
Summarizing, translating and searching a PDF with models running inside the browser: what Chrome's built-in AI APIs and Transformers.js change for document privacy.
A link that chains PDF merge, compression and encryption with no server and no account: Document Flare's #recipe URLs, with 4 ready-to-copy examples.
Turn fields and annotations into permanent content: when and why to flatten a PDF before sending it, locally in the browser.
Adobe retired the Fill & Sign app: here's how to fill a PDF form and place your signature right in the browser — no account, no file upload, honest limits included.
Some systems require TIFF — fax, desktop publishing, archives. Convert each page to uncompressed RGB TIFF, at 72, 150 or 300 DPI, locally.
Print, sign, scan: fifteen minutes, a degraded file, and nothing gained legally. Here's how to sign a PDF directly — on Mac, Windows, mobile or in the browser, no upload.
Detect and redact personal data in a PDF without uploading it: IBAN, cards and emails flagged locally, pages rasterized. Free, in-browser.
Bank statements and protected payslips: remove the password from a PDF you can already open, locally, to archive or merge it.
