Conversion & Workflows Articles

Merge PDFs from several folders in the right order: collect and number the files first, then merge, and check the result before you rely on it.

Convert a PDF table into one Excel sheet instead of a tab per page: the most reliable extraction method, combining pages, and checking the numbers.

Turn a scanned physical book into a searchable PDF and a text file: the steps, why layouts break along the way, and the common mistakes to avoid.

Translate a German PDF book into English in two steps: get the text out, with OCR for scans, then translate and review. This site does not do the OCR.

Reddit has no export button, so save a thread as a PDF from your browser: print to PDF, use reader mode for long threads, and handle mobile and images.

PDF dark mode is a viewer setting, not part of the file. How to turn it on in iPhone, iPad and Android apps, and why it can ruin photos and diagrams.

Preview hundreds of PDFs as first-page thumbnails in the file manager on macOS, Windows or Linux, and what to use when thumbnails are not enough.