How to Convert a PDF to Word
What converts cleanly, what does not, and how to handle scanned documents that contain no text at all.
Uses Convert PDF to Word
PDF Guides & How-To
Step-by-step articles about working with PDF files, each one written around a tool that actually exists on PDFSolution. Start with a guide, then run the job in your browser.
PDF Conversion
How to Convert JPG Images to a PDF
Turn a pile of photos of paperwork into one document that a recipient can actually use.
Uses Convert JPG to PDF
How to Translate a PDF Into Another Language
Translate a document you cannot read — including scans — and know when a human translator is still required.
Uses Translate a PDF
How to Convert a PDF to JPG Images
When you need a picture of a page rather than a document: resolution, quality and the JPG-versus-PNG decision.
Uses PDF to JPG
How to Convert a PDF Table to Excel
Why table extraction is guesswork, what makes it work well, and how to check the numbers before you rely on them.
Uses PDF to Excel
How to Extract Images From a PDF
Recovering the pictures inside a document, and the difference between extracting an image and photographing a page.
Uses Extract images
PDF Editing
How to Edit a PDF
PDFs were designed to be final. Here is what can realistically be edited, and the fastest route for each kind of change.
Uses Edit PDF
How to Rotate PDF Pages
Sideways scans, landscape spreadsheets and the difference between rotating your view and rotating the file.
Uses Rotate PDF
How to Add a Watermark to a PDF
Marking drafts and internal copies clearly — and being realistic about what a watermark actually prevents.
Uses Add a watermark
How to Sign a PDF Document
Signing without the print-sign-scan ritual, and what kind of signature you are actually producing.
Uses Sign PDF
PDF Compression
How to Compress a PDF Online
Why PDFs get big, which compression level to choose, and how to get a file under an email limit without ruining it.
Uses Compress PDF
How to Reduce PDF Size for Email and Upload Portals
A checklist for getting a stubborn PDF under an attachment or upload limit, in the right order.
Uses Compress PDF
PDF Security
How to Password-Protect a PDF
Encrypt a document before you send it — and avoid the mistakes that make the password pointless.
Uses Protect a PDF
How to Remove a Password From a PDF
Remove protection from a document you own, using the password you already have.
Uses Unlock a PDF
OCR
How to OCR a PDF and Make It Searchable
How OCR actually works, what makes it accurate, and how to turn a scan into a searchable document.
Uses OCR a PDF
How to Convert a Scanned PDF to Word
Recover the wording from paper documents without retyping — and know where to proofread.
How to Make a Scanned PDF Searchable
Turning a stack of scans into documents you can actually search, and what OCR gets wrong.
Uses Make PDF searchable
PDF Productivity
How to Merge PDF Files Into One Document
Combine documents in the right order, then tidy up rotation, ordering and file size.
Uses Merge PDF files
How to Extract Pages From a PDF
Send only the pages that matter, instead of a 200-page document with a note saying 'see page 47'.
How to Delete Pages From a PDF
Getting rid of blank scans, duplicates and pages that should never have been in the file.
Uses Delete PDF pages
How to Reorder Pages in a PDF
Fixing documents that arrived in the wrong order, including the classic interleaved double-sided scan.
Uses Reorder PDF pages
How to Add Page Numbers to a PDF
Numbering a merged bundle so people can actually refer to a page in a meeting.
Uses Add page numbers