Notes from building PDF tools
Practical writing on PDF and document workflows: what goes wrong, why, and how to fix it. Every tool referenced here runs in your browser, except Word to PDF, which we are explicit about.
Looking for step-by-step instructions instead? The guides cover specific tasks, and the full tool list is one click away. The privacy page breaks down, tool by tool, what is processed locally and what isn't.
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We converted resumes, 60-page documents, Hindi text, Arabic text and oversized images through our own Word to PDF tool. Here is what broke, what didn't, and why.
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Some PDF operations genuinely cannot run in a browser. Here is which ones, what we found when we tested the limits ourselves, and why most sites stay quiet about it.
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We converted resumes, 60-page documents, Hindi text, Arabic text and oversized images through our own Word to PDF tool. Here is what broke, what didn't, and why.
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A PDF carries your account name, your software version and an editing timeline. Almost every guide that tells you to strip that data recommends uploading the confidential file to do it.
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Compression either throws information away or it doesn't. Here is what the two kinds actually do to your file, why text PDFs barely shrink, and how to tell which one you need.
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We converted resumes, 60-page documents, Hindi text, Arabic text and oversized images through our own Word to PDF tool. Here is what broke, what didn't, and why.
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Some PDF operations genuinely cannot run in a browser. Here is which ones, what we found when we tested the limits ourselves, and why most sites stay quiet about it.