Guides
Choose a task to find instructions, format limitations and ways to check your result. Each guide links to the tools used in that workflow.
PDF documents
How to Merge PDF Files for Free
Combine PDFs into one file in the right order, without installing anything.
How to Remove Hidden Metadata Before Sharing a File
What's actually hiding inside a PDF or photo, and how to strip it before it goes out.
How to Fix a Sideways or Upside-Down Scanned PDF
Scanner apps get orientation wrong constantly. Here's how to turn a sideways or upside-down PDF the right way up, in your browser, without losing quality.
How to Reduce a PDF's File Size for Email
Why scanned PDFs balloon in size, and how to get one under an attachment limit.
How to Add Page Numbers and a Watermark to a PDF
The two small touches that make a draft, contract, or report look like it was sent on purpose.
How to Delete or Reorder Pages in a PDF
Removing a blank scan or a page that does not belong, without touching the rest of the file.
How to Save a Photo That's Stuck Inside a PDF
Getting the actual picture out of a PDF someone sent you, without a screenshot.
How to Convert a PDF into JPG Images
Turning PDF pages into standalone images, and when that's what you actually need instead of extracting a photo.
How to Remove a Password from a PDF
Getting into a PDF you know the password to without typing it in every time, and sharing it without one.
How to Turn iPhone Photos into a PDF
Getting HEIC photos into a single PDF for a form, application, or email attachment that won't take loose images.
How to Sign a PDF Without Printing It
Dropping a signature onto a page directly, instead of printing, signing, and scanning it back in.
How to Actually Remove Sensitive Information from a PDF
Why a black box drawn over text usually isn't real redaction, and what it takes to make sure nothing is left recoverable.
Choosing a PDF Tool: Smallpdf Alternatives and a Practical Test
Compare file workflows, plan restrictions and output quality, with provider sources and a repeatable test you can run yourself.
How to Password-Protect a PDF
Add a real password to a PDF before you send it, so the file stays locked no matter how it's shared.
How to Make a Scanned PDF Searchable
Turn a flat scan into a PDF you can Ctrl+F through and copy text from, without changing how it looks.
How to Convert Word, Excel, CSV or HTML to PDF
Whatever format you're starting from, here's the right converter - and why the result is a real PDF, not a screenshot of one.
Prepare a PDF for Archiving and Validate the Result
Understand what Filevolo prepares, what its structural checks cannot prove, and how to validate the profile your archive requires.
How to Get a Table Out of a PDF Into Excel
Pull a table from a PDF into a real, editable spreadsheet, and why it works best on certain PDFs and not others.
How to Create a Professional Invoice Online for Free
Build a clean, multi-currency, VAT-ready invoice with per-item tax rates, no account, and nothing uploaded.
How to Build a Resume or CV Online for Free
Pick the right template for where you're applying, from a plain ATS-safe layout to a designed European-style CV.
How to Fill Out a PDF Form Online
Complete a fillable PDF's real form fields in your browser, then lock the answers in or sign it.
How to Fix a Corrupted PDF That Won't Open
Why a PDF with perfectly intact content can still refuse to open, and when recovery is actually possible.
How to Compare Two PDFs and Find What Changed
Stop reading two contracts side by side - see every word that was added or removed between versions, highlighted automatically.
How to Convert a PDF to Word and Edit It
Turn a PDF into an editable Word document in your browser, what survives the trip, and what to do with scans and password-protected files.
How to Add Text or Cover Something in a PDF
Type on top of a PDF, white out a mistake or highlight a line in your browser, and why a white box is not the same as deleting.
How to Scan a Document with Your Phone or Webcam
Turn a photo of a paper document into a clean, straightened PDF - no scanner app, and nothing uploaded.
Photos and images
JPG vs PNG vs WebP: Which Should You Use?
What each image format is actually good at, and how to pick without guessing.
How to Get Text Out of a Photo or Scanned Document
Turning a photo, screenshot, or scan into text you can actually copy, search, and edit.
How to Crop a Photo to Exactly the Part You Want
Cutting a photo down to the right frame by dragging a selection, instead of guessing at pixel coordinates.
How to Convert an iPhone's HEIC Photos to JPG
Fixing the photo format iPhones save by default when a site or program won't accept it.
How to Rotate, Flip, or Make a Photo Black and White
Four quick, common fixes that don't need a full photo editor - just the one tool for the job.
How to Improve a Photo with On-Device AI
Upscale a photo, clean up noise and grain, or cut a person out from their background - three real AI models, each scoped to one job.
How to Make a Passport or ID Photo at Home
Crop a photo to the exact size your country requires and get a print-ready sheet, without a studio visit.
How to Combine Several Photos Into One Image
Place photos side by side or stack them into one picture, for a comparison, before-and-after, or simple collage.
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