Every PDF problem, and what fixes it

Nobody comes here to read. They come because a file won't do what they need, so this page is filed by problem, not by date.

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Every guide filed under the problem it solves

01

Pages and files

The pages are in the wrong order, or in the wrong file.

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No guide yet:Extract PDF Pages
02

Weight and damage

Too heavy to send, or it won't open at all.

2 guides
03

Out of PDF

The content is trapped in a PDF and you need it somewhere you can edit.

5 guides
No guide yet:PDF to MarkdownPDF to ExcelOCR PDF
04

Into PDF

You have a document, a deck, a spreadsheet or a photo, and they asked you for a PDF.

1 guide
No guide yet:Scan to PDFWord to PDFPowerPoint to PDFExcel to PDFHTML to PDF
05

Changes to the document

Sign it, number it, stamp it, trim the margins.

5 guides
No guide yet:Translate PDFPDF Forms
06

Passwords and signature

It asks for a password you already have, or it should ask for one and doesn't.

2 guides
No guide yet:Redact PDFUnlock PDFSign PDF
07

Ask the document

Two hundred pages and a single question.

2 guides
08

The workspace

Several operations on the same files without starting over each time.

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