ElegantGuides tagged “pdf”. · 9 posts
Adobe Acrobat alternative without the subscription
Merge, split, compress, protect: most PDF months never need a full editor on subscription. What a local one-time-purchase app covers — and what it doesn't.
Convert photos to PDF on your PC — no upload, one file
Fourteen phone shots of paperwork become one PDF: upright, in order, light and searchable. All on your PC — the kitchen table never leaves home.
Password-protect a PDF without Acrobat, on your PC
Contracts and medical records deserve better than an upload box. How to encrypt a PDF on your own PC with AES-256 — and remove the password later.
Reduce PDF file size on your PC — no upload
Attachment too big for email? Reduce PDF file size on your own PC, with three levels that say what they do to quality — and nothing uploaded.
How to make a scanned PDF searchable, 100% on your own PC
Ctrl+F finds nothing in that scanned PDF because the page is a photo. Add a real text layer with offline OCR, without sending the document anywhere.