Choose a PDF tool by the job
Start with the result you need. Analyze Tools covers inspection and measurement, while Compress Tools reduces file size. Convert Tools changes between PDF and another format. The other groups handle editing, extraction, merging, redaction, repair, or splitting. Open a group, then choose the named child tool. The category descriptions state that these PDF tools run locally in your browser with no upload.
- Choose Analyze Tools to inspect or measure a PDF.
- Choose Compress Tools to reduce PDF file size, or Convert Tools to change between PDF and another format.
- Choose Edit Tools, Merge Tools, or Split Tools when pages or document structure need to change.
- Choose Extract Tools, Redact Tools, or Repair Tools when you need content extracted, information redacted, or a damaged PDF repaired.
What Analyze, Extract, and Repair Tools do
Analyze Tools has PDF Document Inspector for inspecting and measuring a PDF. Extract Tools includes Extract Text From PDF and PDF & Image Table Extractor. Use the first for text extraction and the second for table data in a PDF or image.
Repair Tools contains Corrupt PDF Repair. Choose this group when the PDF is described as corrupt. Use Analyze Tools when you need information about the file instead.
What Merge, Split, and Edit Tools change
Merge Tools contains Merge PDF for combining separate PDF files into one. Split Tools contains Split PDF for splitting PDF files.
Edit Tools has PDF Metadata Editor, PDF Page Editor, and Watermark PDF. Choose the child that matches the part you need to change, such as metadata, pages, or a watermark.
What Compress, Convert, and Redact Tools change
Choose Compress Tools when you need to reduce PDF file size. Its listed child is PDF Compressor. Choose Redact Tools when information needs to be redacted; it contains Redact PDF.
Convert Tools covers HTML to PDF, JPG to PDF, Markdown to PDF, PDF to JPG, PDF to Word, and Word to PDF. The direction appears in each tool name, so choose the page that matches the format you need to create.
Match common PDF jobs to a tool group
For a smaller PDF before sharing, open Compress Tools. For a Markdown document, HTML page, JPG image, or Word document that needs conversion, open Convert Tools and follow the direction in the tool name.
To combine or split PDF files, open Merge Tools or Split Tools. To change metadata, pages, or a watermark, open Edit Tools and choose the matching child.
When text or table data needs to be reused, open Extract Tools. If the PDF is corrupt, open Repair Tools instead.
When to use PDF Tools or File Tools
Choose PDF Tools when the file is a PDF. For another file type, open File Tools, choose the file type, and then select its task group. PDF Tools is the category for PDF-specific jobs.
Frequently asked questions
Which PDF tool should I use to reduce file size?
Use Compress Tools, then open its listed PDF Compressor tool.
How do I convert a PDF to Word or JPG?
Open Convert Tools. Choose PDF to Word for a Word document or PDF to JPG for JPG output.
Can I merge or split PDF files here?
Yes. Open Merge Tools for Merge PDF, or open Split Tools for Split PDF.
Are these PDF tools uploaded to a server?
The category descriptions say that Analyze Tools, Compress Tools, Convert Tools, Edit Tools, Extract Tools, Merge Tools, Redact Tools, Repair Tools, and Split Tools run locally in your browser with no upload.