PDF how-to guides
Each guide walks through one task with one of our tools, from choosing the file to checking the result. Each one also says plainly what the tool cannot do.
How to turn a PDF into Markdown for notes or an AI assistant
Step-by-step: convert a text-based PDF to a Markdown file in your browser, check the result, and fix the usual problems with scans, columns, and tables.
Uses the PDF to Markdown tool
How to make a scanned PDF searchable
Add a hidden, searchable text layer to a scanned English PDF with on-device OCR, check the result, and understand what OCR can get wrong.
Uses the OCR PDF tool
How to run a quick accessibility check on a PDF
Check a PDF for a title, language, tags, alt text, and selectable text in your browser, read each result, and know what the preflight cannot tell you.
Uses the PDF accessibility preflight tool
How to extract pages from a PDF or split it into single pages
Pick pages by ticking them or typing a range like 2, 4-5, then save them as one new PDF or as separate PDFs in a ZIP. Runs in your browser.
Uses the Split or extract PDF pages tool
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