PDF guides and tips

Short, practical guides to everyday PDF problems: Arabic text, file size limits, scanning, signing and privacy.

• How to copy Arabic text from a PDF without reversed letters

  Copying Arabic from a PDF often gives reversed words and broken letters. Here is why it happens and how to get clean, correctly ordered Arabic text for free.

• Convert an Arabic PDF to an editable Word document

  Turn an Arabic PDF into a Word file you can edit, with paragraphs, tables and right-to-left text kept in order. Works for scanned files too. Free, no upload.

• How to make a PDF smaller than 1 MB or 2 MB for an online form

  Visa portals, job sites and university forms often reject PDFs above 1, 2 or 5 MB. Here is how to shrink a PDF under the limit for free, without uploading it.

• Scan documents into one PDF with your phone, no app needed

  Photograph paper documents with your phone and turn them into one clean PDF that looks scanned. Free, works in the browser, nothing to install.

• Merge PDF files without uploading them anywhere

  Combine contracts, payslips or medical records into one PDF without sending them to a server. A private, free way to merge PDFs in your browser.

• Sign a PDF without printing it, on your phone or computer

  Skip print, sign, scan and send. Add your handwritten or typed signature to any PDF in two minutes, for free, without uploading the document.

• How to redact a PDF properly (a black box is not enough)

  Drawing black rectangles over names in a PDF often hides nothing: the text is still there and can be copied. Here is how to remove sensitive information for good.

• Turn iPhone photos (HEIC) into a PDF a website will accept

  Many websites refuse iPhone photos in HEIC format and ask for PDF or JPG. Convert HEIC photos into one PDF in seconds, directly on your phone.

• How to convert a bank statement PDF to Excel (with numbers that add up)

  Turn a PDF bank statement into an Excel sheet where amounts are real numbers, so totals and filters work. Free, and the statement never leaves your device.

• How to make a scanned PDF searchable (OCR in English, French or Arabic)

  A scanned PDF is just pictures of pages, so you cannot search or copy it. Add a hidden text layer with free OCR in your browser, including Arabic.

• How to remove a password from a PDF you can already open

  Tired of typing the same password every time you open a PDF? Remove it once and save an unlocked copy. Free and private. You need to know the password.

• How to edit text in a PDF without Adobe Acrobat (free)

  Fix a typo, change a date or update a name in a PDF without paying for Acrobat. Click the text, type, download. Free, in your browser, nothing uploaded.

• Can’t open iPhone HEIC photos on Windows? Convert them to JPG

  iPhone photos copied to a PC often arrive as .HEIC files that Windows or websites will not open. Convert them to JPG in your browser, free, no upload.

• How to split a PDF into separate files for an application portal

  Portals often want each document as its own file: passport, diploma, payslips. Split one scanned PDF into separate files in seconds, free and private.

• How to password-protect a PDF before emailing it

  Sending a contract, payslip or ID by email? Lock the PDF with AES-256 encryption and share the password separately. Free, and the password never leaves your browser.

• How to summarize a long PDF report without uploading it to an AI service

  Get the key points of a long report, study or contract in seconds. On-device AI in Chrome, key-sentence summaries everywhere else. Your PDF is never uploaded.