PDF Tools

PDF to Word

The most common request. Someone sends you a form or a report and you need to edit it. The converter handles well-structured PDFs solidly — text, headings, basic tables. Complex layouts with multi-column text or unusual fonts may not convert perfectly, but for straightforward business documents the output is editable and clean.

PDF to Excel

Specifically for tables and data. Works well when the PDF has clearly defined rows and columns — think financial statements, price lists, survey results. Each detected table becomes a separate sheet. Scanned documents won't work here since the tables are images, not real data.

PDF to Images

Converts each page into a separate JPG or PNG, packaged as a ZIP. The 150 DPI default is fine for web use or embedding in presentations. Go with 300 DPI if you need to print the images or zoom in. PNG is larger but lossless — useful when the page has text you want to stay crisp.

Images to PDF

Takes a pile of photos or scans and combines them into one document. Handy for submitting scanned paperwork as a single file, combining product shots into a catalogue, or packaging screenshots into a shareable report. You can control the page size, how the image fits the page, and orientation.

PDF to Text

Strips everything down to the raw words — no formatting, no columns, no layout. Useful when you need to search through content, feed it into another tool, or run it through a translation service. Works only on PDFs with a real text layer; scanned documents are just pixels and won't extract.

Merge PDFs

Combine several PDFs into one. Common uses: assembling a portfolio, putting monthly reports together into an annual document, or combining chapters of a book. The order you arrange them before merging is the order they appear in the output. Passwords, annotations, and embedded fonts from each source file are all preserved.

Split PDF

Three ways to break a PDF apart. Extract specific pages by number to pull out exactly the sections you need. Split by page ranges to divide the document into named chunks, each as its own PDF inside a ZIP. Or split every N pages if the document has consistent section lengths and you want evenly-sized files.

Rotate PDF

Fixes pages that ended up sideways or upside down — happens all the time with scanned documents depending on how the paper went through the scanner. Rotate every page at once or target specific pages. The rotation is saved permanently into the file, so it won't snap back when someone else opens it.

Watermark PDF

Adds a text stamp across every page. Commonly used for marking drafts, labelling confidential documents, or branding files before sharing. You can control the opacity, the angle (0°, 90°, 180°, 270°), and the font size.

Encrypt PDF

Applies AES-256 password protection — the same encryption standard used by banks and government agencies. Anyone who receives the file will need the password to open it. There's also an optional owner password that restricts what people can do with the document (printing, copying text, editing) while still letting them read it.

Decrypt PDF

Removes password protection from a PDF you already have the password to. Useful when you regularly work with a file and entering the password every time is annoying, or when another tool doesn't support password-protected files. The tool cannot crack or guess unknown passwords — you need to already know it.

Why won't my scanned PDF convert properly?

Scanned PDFs are essentially photographs of a page. The words look like text on screen, but to the software they're just pixels. Converting to Word or Excel, extracting text, or compressing heavily won't work the way you expect. To make a scanned PDF fully editable, you need OCR (Optical Character Recognition) software — that's a separate process not covered by these tools.

Is there a file size limit?

The limit is 50 MB per file. For merge and images-to-PDF, you can upload up to 20 files at once. Most standard documents are well under this. If you're hitting the limit, try compressing the PDF first — that often brings a large file into range.

Are my files private?

All processing runs on a secure server. Files are deleted immediately after you download the output — there's no storage, no logging of content, and no reuse of your data. If you close the tab before downloading, the temporary files are cleaned up automatically. Nothing is retained between sessions.