You don’t need expensive software for basic PDF tasks. In fact, all you need is a handful of free web-based apps.

It calls pdftoppm to convert each page to an image. The default DPI is 150. Decreasing the DPI can speed up the conversion process but the conversion quality will also drop. Increasing the DPI does ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. PDFs remain a common way to share documents because they preserve formatting across devices and platforms. Sometimes, however, you end up with ...

poppler-utils is a collection of command-line tools for working with PDF files. It's based on the Poppler PDF rendering library, which is widely used in Linux environments. pandoc is a document ...

The FBI is warning that fake online document converters are being used to steal peoples’ information and, in worst-case scenarios, to deploy ransomware on victims' devices. The warning came last week ...

Have you ever wanted to apply for a job and the required format for your CV was .doc, or .docx but your CV is in the Adobe PDF format? Because of the fact that PDFs ...

Files by Google has rolled out a new PDF viewer after previously relying on Google Drive. Primarily, this new PDF viewer provides a more integrated experience with the rest of Files by Google. In the ...

I cannot tell you how many times I've received a PDF document with the expectation that I'm going to either use the text to create something new or to edit the copy. That's all fine and good when I'm ...

Robots.txt just turned 30 – cue the existential crisis! Like many hitting the big 3-0, it’s wondering if it’s still relevant in today’s world of AI and advanced search algorithms. Spoiler alert: It ...

If you use Microsoft PowerPoint, converting a PDF to into a PowerPoint is a great way to make complex documents more digestible for presentations. It doesn't have to be complicated, either. There are ...