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Published 2026-09-10

Is it safe to upload files to an online converter?

What actually happens to a document you drop into a converter, which questions have checkable answers, and how to test any tool yourself in about ten seconds.

privacysecurityPDFImages Uses 4 tools from this site
Published 2026-07-22

How to get a PDF under 2 MB without making the text unreadable

A decision path for upload limits: try real compression first, know what rasterizing costs, and check the result before you send it.

PDFFile size Uses 4 tools from this site
Published 2026-07-22

How to turn scanned pages into text you can actually search

Recognize when a PDF is really a stack of photos, run OCR in the browser, and know what accuracy to expect.

PDFText & OCR Uses 3 tools from this site
Published 2026-07-22

JPG, PNG or WebP: choosing the right image format for the job

A three-question decision that covers 95% of cases — backed by our measured size data, not folklore.

ImagesFile size Uses 5 tools from this site
Published 2026-07-22

How to choose DPI when converting a PDF to images

What 72 / 150 / 300 DPI really mean in bytes and readability — from our measured data.

PDFImages Uses 3 tools from this site

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