Tips & Tricks

Smart tips to get more done with your PDFs.

How to Share a PDF on Social Media
Social media platforms aren't built for PDF files. Most don't support direct PDF uploads, and those that do display them poorly.
How to Convert a PDF to a CSV File
Converting a PDF to CSV extracts tabular data from a document into a comma-separated values file that spreadsheet applications and databases can read...
How to Print Multiple PDF Pages on One Sheet
Printing multiple PDF pages on one sheet — two pages side by side, four pages in a grid, or even nine pages per sheet — saves paper, reduces cost,...
How to Make a PDF Look Scanned
There are legitimate reasons to make a digital PDF look like a scanned document — submitting a signed form that needs to appear as a physical...
How to Convert a PDF to Black and White
Converting a color PDF to black and white — or more precisely, to grayscale — is useful for reducing file size, preparing a document for...
How to Fix a Corrupted PDF File
The contract you need for tomorrow morning won't open. The error message says "file is damaged and could not be repaired" or just...
How to Copy a Table From a PDF to Excel
A PDF with a data table looks easy to copy into Excel — until you try it and find the data comes out as a jumbled mess in a single column, or with...
How to Resize a PDF Page
Resizing a PDF page — changing it from A4 to Letter, from Letter to A3, or to a custom dimension — comes up when documents need to fit a specific...
How to Extract a Single Page From a PDF
Extracting a single page from a PDF — or a specific range of pages — is one of the most common PDF tasks.
How to Send a Large PDF Without Compressing It
Sometimes you need to send a large PDF exactly as it is — a high-resolution print-ready file, an original architectural drawing, a full-quality...
How to Make a PDF From Screenshots
Combining multiple screenshots into a single PDF is useful for creating bug reports, documenting a workflow, compiling visual evidence, or packaging...
How to Add a Logo or Image to a PDF
Adding a logo or image to an existing PDF is a common need — branding a template, adding a company logo to a document you received, inserting a...
How to Reorder Pages in a PDF
Reordering pages in a PDF is one of those tasks that seems like it should be simple — and with the right tool, it is.
How to Delete Text From a PDF
Deleting text from a PDF is different from deleting text in a Word document. PDF isn't designed as an editable format, and removing text cleanly —...
How to Convert PDF to PNG
Converting a PDF to PNG turns each page into a separate image file. This is useful for sharing a page as an image on social media, embedding a...
How to Insert a Page Into an Existing PDF
Inserting a page into an existing PDF — whether it's a single page from another document, a new blank page, or an image converted to a page — is a...
How to Highlight Text in a PDF
Highlighting text in a PDF is one of the most basic annotation tasks — and one of the most widely supported.
How to Add a Text Box to a PDF
Adding a text box to a PDF lets you place new text anywhere on a page — filling in a flat form, adding a note to a specific location, labeling a...
How to Remove a Watermark From a PDF
Removing a watermark from a PDF is straightforward when the watermark was added as a separate layer — and significantly harder when it was baked into...
How to Translate a PDF Document to English
Translating a PDF is more involved than translating a web page or a text file, because PDFs aren't designed for easy text extraction and editing.