Every PDF tool you need, in one place

What the PDF tools do

A PDF keeps its layout on every device, which is why it is the standard format for contracts, forms, reports and CVs. These tools handle the jobs that come up around PDFs: joining several files into one, pulling out the pages you need, turning pages the right way up, making a large file small enough to send, adding page numbers or a watermark, and protecting a document with a password or opening one you have the password for.

There are also converters between Word and PDF, and between PDF pages and pictures, for when you need to edit a document or reuse a page as an image.

In your browser, apart from two

Merging, splitting, rotating, numbering, watermarking, protecting and unlocking all run in your browser, so the PDF never leaves your device. Word to PDF and PDF to Word are the exception. Converting between those formats properly needs a full office suite, so they run on our server, and the file is deleted as soon as your download is ready.

Picking the right tool for the problem

If a file is too big, use Compress PDF, but note that it redraws pages as pictures, so the text can no longer be selected. If you only need part of a long document, Split PDF is better, because it keeps the text and quality intact. If pages came out sideways from a scanner, Rotate PDF saves the fix into the file, which a viewer rotate button does not. Always keep your original, because every tool here makes a new copy rather than changing the one you started with.