How to Compress a PDF to 5 MB
5 MB is a comfortable target that fits most everyday documents easily. Here is how to reach it in one pass, and what to do with the rare file that still will not fit.
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How to Compress a PDF to 2 MB
A 2 MB limit is common on government and university portals. Here is how to reach it reliably, and what a document at this size can realistically hold.
Print a PDF at the Right Size Without Cutting Content Off
A PDF that prints with the edges chopped off, or scaled strangely small, is almost always a print-dialog setting problem, not a document problem. Here is how to get it right.
Split a PDF eBook Into Individual Chapter Files
A long manual or eBook is often easier to read, share or reference one chapter at a time. Here is how to split it cleanly using its own table of contents as a guide.
Extract Just the Text From a PDF to Reuse Elsewhere
Rewriting content that already exists in a PDF is a waste of time. Here is a reliable way to pull the full text out cleanly so you can reuse it somewhere else.
Combine a Scanned Signature Page Into an Existing PDF
Printing, signing and rescanning an entire document for one signature wastes paper and produces a worse copy of every other page. Here is a cleaner way.
Fix a PDF That Won’t Open or Opens Blank
A PDF that refuses to open, or opens to a blank page, usually has one of a handful of specific causes. Here is how to work through them, and a rebuild trick that fixes most of them.
Print a PDF Double-Sided Without a Duplex Printer
Most home printers only print one side per pass. Here is the manual trick — splitting odd and even pages — that gets a proper double-sided result anyway.
Split a PDF Into One File Per Page
Some workflows need every page of a document as its own separate file — for archiving, for uploading one page at a time, or for feeding into another tool. Here is how to do it cleanly.