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20 free files tools · Arrange PDFs, add signatures and convert subtitles
Use the shared PDF workspace to merge, split, rotate or reorder pages without reopening your files between tasks. Other tools add page numbers, place a signature image or extract existing text. Compression and password removal rebuild pages as images, so choose another approach if you need searchable text or forms. Subtitle tools are listed here too.
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- Merge PDF Combine PDFs and arrange their pages in one workspace.
- Split PDF Extract selected pages or split a PDF into separate files.
- Compress PDF Try reducing PDF size by turning pages into images; text is flattened.
- Protect PDF Save a password-protected PDF using AES-128 encryption.
- Crop PDF Trim margins by dragging, or type exact measurements.
- PDF to text Extract an existing PDF text layer; scanned pages need OCR elsewhere.
- PDF watermark Add a text watermark while keeping an existing text layer.
- PDF page numbers Number every page — pick corner, format and start.
- Signature maker Draw with mouse or finger; download a transparent PNG.
- Sign a PDF Draw a signature and place it exactly where it belongs.
- PDF to JPG Export PDF pages as JPG or PNG, up to 300 DPI.
- Unlock PDF Use a known password to save an image-based PDF without a prompt.
- Organize PDF Reorder, delete, rotate and extract pages in one pass.
- JPG to PDF Combine images into a single PDF, in your order.
- Subtitle converter Read SRT, VTT, SBV or ASS/SSA; save SRT, VTT, SBV or plain text.
- Subtitle sync fixer Shift every timestamp, or fix frame-rate drift.
- Subtitle to text Turn a subtitle file into a plain transcript.
- File size converter Convert file sizes and estimate download time.
- Rotate PDF Turn selected PDF pages upright, preview and save.
- PDF metadata viewer See the hidden author, dates and XMP in a PDF, then remove them.
Guides for these tasks
- Why compressing a PDF sometimes makes it bigger Compare the actual result before replacing a PDF. Learn when image-based compression can help, why it can enlarge text documents and what features it loses.
- PDF password protection explained: encryption vs permissions Understand passwords needed to open a PDF, reader-enforced print and copy restrictions, and the checks to make before sharing a protected or unlocked copy.
- What PDF metadata can reveal — and what removing it does not remove Inspect a PDF's author, title, dates and XMP data before sharing. Learn which fields ToolsNow clears and why page content, comments and attachments need separate review.
- PDF crop boxes explained: media, crop, trim and bleed Trim visible PDF margins and understand the page boxes behind them. Learn why a CropBox change hides content, how print boxes differ and what to check after export.
- Scanned PDF vs text PDF: why you sometimes cannot copy the text Check whether a PDF contains extractable text, find out when a scan needs OCR and understand why copied words can be missing or out of order.
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