159 questions about pdf tools.

Compress PDF is free for one lifetime use after sign-up — no credit card required. For unlimited use, the Basic plan (£7.99/mo) unlocks it. The Free tier exists so you can try every tool once with no payment commitment.

Compress PDF accepts up to 10 MB on Free, 100 MB on Basic, and 500 MB on Pro+. Files beyond this need to be split first.

Compress PDF runs entirely in your browser — your file never uploads. We only send a small usage event to count tier consumption; no file content.

Yes — Compress PDF works on modern mobile browsers (iOS Safari 17+, Android Chrome 120+). Heavy in-browser tools (large PDFs, video) work best on desktop. A dedicated PWA ships in V2 month 4–6 for a more app-like mobile experience.

No — Compress PDF never adds a watermark, on Free or any paid plan. The Free tier limits use to 1 per tool to fund the platform, not by watermarking.

Yes — the public API at /api/tools/* is available from Pro tier and above (£17.99/mo). 10,000 calls per month on Pro, 50k on Plus, 200k on Power, 1M on Agency. Full reference at /docs/api (V2 launch).

Compress PDF works on the Free tier (1 use) and any paid plan unlimited. Each paid tier raises the monthly cap on the meter Compress PDF uses.

Batch mode in the UI ships in V2 — for now Compress PDF handles one file at a time. Pro+ subscribers with API access can build their own batch loop via the public API (10k+ calls/month available).

On the Hero 10 tools (incl. Chat with PDF, AI Resume Tailor, Background Remover, AI Headshot, Photo Restoration, Auto-Subtitle, AI Slide Deck, Image Upscaler, PDF Summarizer, AI Summarizer) — yes, we invest 60% of polish budget there. Compress PDF is built to be 95%+ as good as the specialist tool you'd pay $20-79/mo for. On the long-tail 90 tools, Compress PDF is 70-80% of specialist quality — sufficient for casual use.

Merge PDF is free for one lifetime use after sign-up — no credit card required. For unlimited use, the Basic plan (£7.99/mo) unlocks it. The Free tier exists so you can try every tool once with no payment commitment.

Merge PDF accepts up to 10 MB on Free, 100 MB on Basic, and 500 MB on Pro+. Files beyond this need to be split first.

Merge PDF runs entirely in your browser — your file never uploads. We only send a small usage event to count tier consumption; no file content.

Yes — Merge PDF works on modern mobile browsers (iOS Safari 17+, Android Chrome 120+). Heavy in-browser tools (large PDFs, video) work best on desktop. A dedicated PWA ships in V2 month 4–6 for a more app-like mobile experience.

No — Merge PDF never adds a watermark, on Free or any paid plan. The Free tier limits use to 1 per tool to fund the platform, not by watermarking.

Yes — the public API at /api/tools/* is available from Pro tier and above (£17.99/mo). 10,000 calls per month on Pro, 50k on Plus, 200k on Power, 1M on Agency. Full reference at /docs/api (V2 launch).

Merge PDF works on the Free tier (1 use) and any paid plan unlimited. Each paid tier raises the monthly cap on the meter Merge PDF uses.

Batch mode in the UI ships in V2 — for now Merge PDF handles one file at a time. Pro+ subscribers with API access can build their own batch loop via the public API (10k+ calls/month available).

On the Hero 10 tools (incl. Chat with PDF, AI Resume Tailor, Background Remover, AI Headshot, Photo Restoration, Auto-Subtitle, AI Slide Deck, Image Upscaler, PDF Summarizer, AI Summarizer) — yes, we invest 60% of polish budget there. Merge PDF is built to be 95%+ as good as the specialist tool you'd pay $20-79/mo for. On the long-tail 90 tools, Merge PDF is 70-80% of specialist quality — sufficient for casual use.

Split PDF is free for one lifetime use after sign-up — no credit card required. For unlimited use, the Basic plan (£7.99/mo) unlocks it. The Free tier exists so you can try every tool once with no payment commitment.

Split PDF accepts up to 10 MB on Free, 100 MB on Basic, and 500 MB on Pro+. Files beyond this need to be split first.

Split PDF runs entirely in your browser — your file never uploads. We only send a small usage event to count tier consumption; no file content.

Yes — Split PDF works on modern mobile browsers (iOS Safari 17+, Android Chrome 120+). Heavy in-browser tools (large PDFs, video) work best on desktop. A dedicated PWA ships in V2 month 4–6 for a more app-like mobile experience.

No — Split PDF never adds a watermark, on Free or any paid plan. The Free tier limits use to 1 per tool to fund the platform, not by watermarking.

Yes — the public API at /api/tools/* is available from Pro tier and above (£17.99/mo). 10,000 calls per month on Pro, 50k on Plus, 200k on Power, 1M on Agency. Full reference at /docs/api (V2 launch).

Split PDF works on the Free tier (1 use) and any paid plan unlimited. Each paid tier raises the monthly cap on the meter Split PDF uses.

Batch mode in the UI ships in V2 — for now Split PDF handles one file at a time. Pro+ subscribers with API access can build their own batch loop via the public API (10k+ calls/month available).

On the Hero 10 tools (incl. Chat with PDF, AI Resume Tailor, Background Remover, AI Headshot, Photo Restoration, Auto-Subtitle, AI Slide Deck, Image Upscaler, PDF Summarizer, AI Summarizer) — yes, we invest 60% of polish budget there. Split PDF is built to be 95%+ as good as the specialist tool you'd pay $20-79/mo for. On the long-tail 90 tools, Split PDF is 70-80% of specialist quality — sufficient for casual use.

PDF to Word is free for one lifetime use after sign-up — no credit card required. For unlimited use, the Basic plan (£7.99/mo) unlocks it. The Free tier exists so you can try every tool once with no payment commitment.

PDF to Word accepts up to 10 MB on Free, 100 MB on Basic, and 500 MB on Pro+. Files beyond this need to be split first.

PDF to Word uploads your file over HTTPS to our EU-resident infrastructure (Cloudflare R2). The file is held while processing then auto-deletes after 24 hours (Free) or 7 days (paid). Never sold, never used to train any AI model.

Yes — PDF to Word works on modern mobile browsers (iOS Safari 17+, Android Chrome 120+). Heavy in-browser tools (large PDFs, video) work best on desktop. A dedicated PWA ships in V2 month 4–6 for a more app-like mobile experience.

No — PDF to Word never adds a watermark, on Free or any paid plan. The Free tier limits use to 1 per tool to fund the platform, not by watermarking.

Yes — the public API at /api/tools/* is available from Pro tier and above (£17.99/mo). 10,000 calls per month on Pro, 50k on Plus, 200k on Power, 1M on Agency. Full reference at /docs/api (V2 launch).

PDF to Word works on the Free tier (1 use) and any paid plan unlimited. Each paid tier raises the monthly cap on the meter PDF to Word uses.

Batch mode in the UI ships in V2 — for now PDF to Word handles one file at a time. Pro+ subscribers with API access can build their own batch loop via the public API (10k+ calls/month available).

On the Hero 10 tools (incl. Chat with PDF, AI Resume Tailor, Background Remover, AI Headshot, Photo Restoration, Auto-Subtitle, AI Slide Deck, Image Upscaler, PDF Summarizer, AI Summarizer) — yes, we invest 60% of polish budget there. PDF to Word is built to be 95%+ as good as the specialist tool you'd pay $20-79/mo for. On the long-tail 90 tools, PDF to Word is 70-80% of specialist quality — sufficient for casual use.

PDF to JPG is free for one lifetime use after sign-up — no credit card required. For unlimited use, the Basic plan (£7.99/mo) unlocks it. The Free tier exists so you can try every tool once with no payment commitment.

PDF to JPG accepts up to 10 MB on Free, 100 MB on Basic, and 500 MB on Pro+. Files beyond this need to be split first.

PDF to JPG runs entirely in your browser — your file never uploads. We only send a small usage event to count tier consumption; no file content.

Yes — PDF to JPG works on modern mobile browsers (iOS Safari 17+, Android Chrome 120+). Heavy in-browser tools (large PDFs, video) work best on desktop. A dedicated PWA ships in V2 month 4–6 for a more app-like mobile experience.

No — PDF to JPG never adds a watermark, on Free or any paid plan. The Free tier limits use to 1 per tool to fund the platform, not by watermarking.

Yes — the public API at /api/tools/* is available from Pro tier and above (£17.99/mo). 10,000 calls per month on Pro, 50k on Plus, 200k on Power, 1M on Agency. Full reference at /docs/api (V2 launch).

PDF to JPG works on the Free tier (1 use) and any paid plan unlimited. Each paid tier raises the monthly cap on the meter PDF to JPG uses.

Batch mode in the UI ships in V2 — for now PDF to JPG handles one file at a time. Pro+ subscribers with API access can build their own batch loop via the public API (10k+ calls/month available).

On the Hero 10 tools (incl. Chat with PDF, AI Resume Tailor, Background Remover, AI Headshot, Photo Restoration, Auto-Subtitle, AI Slide Deck, Image Upscaler, PDF Summarizer, AI Summarizer) — yes, we invest 60% of polish budget there. PDF to JPG is built to be 95%+ as good as the specialist tool you'd pay $20-79/mo for. On the long-tail 90 tools, PDF to JPG is 70-80% of specialist quality — sufficient for casual use.

JPG to PDF is free for one lifetime use after sign-up — no credit card required. For unlimited use, the Basic plan (£7.99/mo) unlocks it. The Free tier exists so you can try every tool once with no payment commitment.

JPG to PDF accepts up to 10 MB on Free, 100 MB on Basic, and 500 MB on Pro+. Files beyond this need to be split first.

JPG to PDF runs entirely in your browser — your file never uploads. We only send a small usage event to count tier consumption; no file content.

Yes — JPG to PDF works on modern mobile browsers (iOS Safari 17+, Android Chrome 120+). Heavy in-browser tools (large PDFs, video) work best on desktop. A dedicated PWA ships in V2 month 4–6 for a more app-like mobile experience.

No — JPG to PDF never adds a watermark, on Free or any paid plan. The Free tier limits use to 1 per tool to fund the platform, not by watermarking.

Yes — the public API at /api/tools/* is available from Pro tier and above (£17.99/mo). 10,000 calls per month on Pro, 50k on Plus, 200k on Power, 1M on Agency. Full reference at /docs/api (V2 launch).

JPG to PDF works on the Free tier (1 use) and any paid plan unlimited. Each paid tier raises the monthly cap on the meter JPG to PDF uses.

Batch mode in the UI ships in V2 — for now JPG to PDF handles one file at a time. Pro+ subscribers with API access can build their own batch loop via the public API (10k+ calls/month available).

On the Hero 10 tools (incl. Chat with PDF, AI Resume Tailor, Background Remover, AI Headshot, Photo Restoration, Auto-Subtitle, AI Slide Deck, Image Upscaler, PDF Summarizer, AI Summarizer) — yes, we invest 60% of polish budget there. JPG to PDF is built to be 95%+ as good as the specialist tool you'd pay $20-79/mo for. On the long-tail 90 tools, JPG to PDF is 70-80% of specialist quality — sufficient for casual use.

Chat with PDF is free for one lifetime use after sign-up — no credit card required. For unlimited use, the Basic plan (£7.99/mo) unlocks it. The Free tier exists so you can try every tool once with no payment commitment.

Chat with PDF accepts up to 10 MB on Free, 100 MB on Basic, and 500 MB on Pro+. Files beyond this need to be split first.

Chat with PDF uploads your file over HTTPS to our EU-resident infrastructure (Cloudflare R2). The file is held while processing then auto-deletes after 24 hours (Free) or 7 days (paid). Never sold, never used to train any AI model.

Yes — Chat with PDF works on modern mobile browsers (iOS Safari 17+, Android Chrome 120+). Heavy in-browser tools (large PDFs, video) work best on desktop. A dedicated PWA ships in V2 month 4–6 for a more app-like mobile experience.

No — Chat with PDF never adds a watermark, on Free or any paid plan. The Free tier limits use to 1 per tool to fund the platform, not by watermarking.

Yes — the public API at /api/tools/* is available from Pro tier and above (£17.99/mo). 10,000 calls per month on Pro, 50k on Plus, 200k on Power, 1M on Agency. Full reference at /docs/api (V2 launch).

Chat with PDF works on the Free tier (1 use) and any paid plan unlimited. Each paid tier raises the monthly cap on the meter Chat with PDF uses.

Batch mode in the UI ships in V2 — for now Chat with PDF handles one file at a time. Pro+ subscribers with API access can build their own batch loop via the public API (10k+ calls/month available).

On the Hero 10 tools (incl. Chat with PDF, AI Resume Tailor, Background Remover, AI Headshot, Photo Restoration, Auto-Subtitle, AI Slide Deck, Image Upscaler, PDF Summarizer, AI Summarizer) — yes, we invest 60% of polish budget there. Chat with PDF is built to be 95%+ as good as the specialist tool you'd pay $20-79/mo for. On the long-tail 90 tools, Chat with PDF is 70-80% of specialist quality — sufficient for casual use.

Summarize PDF is free for one lifetime use after sign-up — no credit card required. For unlimited use, the Basic plan (£7.99/mo) unlocks it. The Free tier exists so you can try every tool once with no payment commitment.

Summarize PDF accepts up to 10 MB on Free, 100 MB on Basic, and 500 MB on Pro+. Files beyond this need to be split first.

Summarize PDF uploads your file over HTTPS to our EU-resident infrastructure (Cloudflare R2). The file is held while processing then auto-deletes after 24 hours (Free) or 7 days (paid). Never sold, never used to train any AI model.

Yes — Summarize PDF works on modern mobile browsers (iOS Safari 17+, Android Chrome 120+). Heavy in-browser tools (large PDFs, video) work best on desktop. A dedicated PWA ships in V2 month 4–6 for a more app-like mobile experience.

No — Summarize PDF never adds a watermark, on Free or any paid plan. The Free tier limits use to 1 per tool to fund the platform, not by watermarking.

Yes — the public API at /api/tools/* is available from Pro tier and above (£17.99/mo). 10,000 calls per month on Pro, 50k on Plus, 200k on Power, 1M on Agency. Full reference at /docs/api (V2 launch).

Summarize PDF works on the Free tier (1 use) and any paid plan unlimited. Each paid tier raises the monthly cap on the meter Summarize PDF uses.

Batch mode in the UI ships in V2 — for now Summarize PDF handles one file at a time. Pro+ subscribers with API access can build their own batch loop via the public API (10k+ calls/month available).

On the Hero 10 tools (incl. Chat with PDF, AI Resume Tailor, Background Remover, AI Headshot, Photo Restoration, Auto-Subtitle, AI Slide Deck, Image Upscaler, PDF Summarizer, AI Summarizer) — yes, we invest 60% of polish budget there. Summarize PDF is built to be 95%+ as good as the specialist tool you'd pay $20-79/mo for. On the long-tail 90 tools, Summarize PDF is 70-80% of specialist quality — sufficient for casual use.

Unlock PDF is free for one lifetime use after sign-up — no credit card required. For unlimited use, the Basic plan (£7.99/mo) unlocks it. The Free tier exists so you can try every tool once with no payment commitment.

Unlock PDF accepts up to 10 MB on Free, 100 MB on Basic, and 500 MB on Pro+. Files beyond this need to be split first.

Unlock PDF uploads your file over HTTPS to our EU-resident infrastructure (Cloudflare R2). The file is held while processing then auto-deletes after 24 hours (Free) or 7 days (paid). Never sold, never used to train any AI model.

Yes — Unlock PDF works on modern mobile browsers (iOS Safari 17+, Android Chrome 120+). Heavy in-browser tools (large PDFs, video) work best on desktop. A dedicated PWA ships in V2 month 4–6 for a more app-like mobile experience.

No — Unlock PDF never adds a watermark, on Free or any paid plan. The Free tier limits use to 1 per tool to fund the platform, not by watermarking.

Yes — the public API at /api/tools/* is available from Pro tier and above (£17.99/mo). 10,000 calls per month on Pro, 50k on Plus, 200k on Power, 1M on Agency. Full reference at /docs/api (V2 launch).

Unlock PDF works on the Free tier (1 use) and any paid plan unlimited. Each paid tier raises the monthly cap on the meter Unlock PDF uses.

Batch mode in the UI ships in V2 — for now Unlock PDF handles one file at a time. Pro+ subscribers with API access can build their own batch loop via the public API (10k+ calls/month available).

On the Hero 10 tools (incl. Chat with PDF, AI Resume Tailor, Background Remover, AI Headshot, Photo Restoration, Auto-Subtitle, AI Slide Deck, Image Upscaler, PDF Summarizer, AI Summarizer) — yes, we invest 60% of polish budget there. Unlock PDF is built to be 95%+ as good as the specialist tool you'd pay $20-79/mo for. On the long-tail 90 tools, Unlock PDF is 70-80% of specialist quality — sufficient for casual use.

Protect PDF is free for one lifetime use after sign-up — no credit card required. For unlimited use, the Basic plan (£7.99/mo) unlocks it. The Free tier exists so you can try every tool once with no payment commitment.

Protect PDF accepts up to 10 MB on Free, 100 MB on Basic, and 500 MB on Pro+. Files beyond this need to be split first.

Protect PDF uploads your file over HTTPS to our EU-resident infrastructure (Cloudflare R2). The file is held while processing then auto-deletes after 24 hours (Free) or 7 days (paid). Never sold, never used to train any AI model.

Yes — Protect PDF works on modern mobile browsers (iOS Safari 17+, Android Chrome 120+). Heavy in-browser tools (large PDFs, video) work best on desktop. A dedicated PWA ships in V2 month 4–6 for a more app-like mobile experience.

No — Protect PDF never adds a watermark, on Free or any paid plan. The Free tier limits use to 1 per tool to fund the platform, not by watermarking.

Yes — the public API at /api/tools/* is available from Pro tier and above (£17.99/mo). 10,000 calls per month on Pro, 50k on Plus, 200k on Power, 1M on Agency. Full reference at /docs/api (V2 launch).

Protect PDF works on the Free tier (1 use) and any paid plan unlimited. Each paid tier raises the monthly cap on the meter Protect PDF uses.

Batch mode in the UI ships in V2 — for now Protect PDF handles one file at a time. Pro+ subscribers with API access can build their own batch loop via the public API (10k+ calls/month available).

On the Hero 10 tools (incl. Chat with PDF, AI Resume Tailor, Background Remover, AI Headshot, Photo Restoration, Auto-Subtitle, AI Slide Deck, Image Upscaler, PDF Summarizer, AI Summarizer) — yes, we invest 60% of polish budget there. Protect PDF is built to be 95%+ as good as the specialist tool you'd pay $20-79/mo for. On the long-tail 90 tools, Protect PDF is 70-80% of specialist quality — sufficient for casual use.

OCR — image or PDF to text is free for one lifetime use after sign-up — no credit card required. For unlimited use, the Basic plan (£7.99/mo) unlocks it. The Free tier exists so you can try every tool once with no payment commitment.

OCR — image or PDF to text accepts up to 10 MB on Free, 100 MB on Basic, and 500 MB on Pro+. Files beyond this need to be split first.

OCR — image or PDF to text uploads your file over HTTPS to our EU-resident infrastructure (Cloudflare R2). The file is held while processing then auto-deletes after 24 hours (Free) or 7 days (paid). Never sold, never used to train any AI model.

Yes — OCR — image or PDF to text works on modern mobile browsers (iOS Safari 17+, Android Chrome 120+). Heavy in-browser tools (large PDFs, video) work best on desktop. A dedicated PWA ships in V2 month 4–6 for a more app-like mobile experience.

No — OCR — image or PDF to text never adds a watermark, on Free or any paid plan. The Free tier limits use to 1 per tool to fund the platform, not by watermarking.

Yes — the public API at /api/tools/* is available from Pro tier and above (£17.99/mo). 10,000 calls per month on Pro, 50k on Plus, 200k on Power, 1M on Agency. Full reference at /docs/api (V2 launch).

OCR — image or PDF to text works on the Free tier (1 use) and any paid plan unlimited. Each paid tier raises the monthly cap on the meter OCR — image or PDF to text uses.

Batch mode in the UI ships in V2 — for now OCR — image or PDF to text handles one file at a time. Pro+ subscribers with API access can build their own batch loop via the public API (10k+ calls/month available).

On the Hero 10 tools (incl. Chat with PDF, AI Resume Tailor, Background Remover, AI Headshot, Photo Restoration, Auto-Subtitle, AI Slide Deck, Image Upscaler, PDF Summarizer, AI Summarizer) — yes, we invest 60% of polish budget there. OCR — image or PDF to text is built to be 95%+ as good as the specialist tool you'd pay $20-79/mo for. On the long-tail 90 tools, OCR — image or PDF to text is 70-80% of specialist quality — sufficient for casual use.

Apexkit's PDF Compress runs pdf-lib in your browser, recompressing embedded images and consolidating fonts. Expect 60-80% reduction on PDFs that contain scanned images and 20-40% on text-heavy docs. Visual quality stays usable for email + email attachments. For stronger compression (Ghostscript-grade), the server-side path ships V2.

Browser memory is the bottleneck — most modern laptops handle 50-100 files comfortably. Beyond that, split into batches of 50, merge each, then merge the batches. Server-side bulk merge ships in V2.

Page-level bookmarks survive the merge; chapter-level bookmarks pointing to named destinations may need rebuilding. We'll add explicit bookmark-preservation in V2.

Yes — each page keeps its original size. The output PDF has mixed page sizes, which all modern readers handle gracefully.

On /tools/pdf/split-pdf, paste `1-5, 8` into the page-range field. You'll get two output PDFs: one with pages 1-5, one with just page 8.

Yes — every answer references the source page (e.g. 'on page 4, the document says…'). Citations are clickable to jump to the page in the embedded viewer.

Currently one PDF per conversation. Multi-PDF chat (e.g. 'compare these two contracts') ships in V2 Pro+ tier.

PDF Summarizer handles up to 200 pages on Pro+. Beyond that, split into chunks first. The system prompt is tuned for executive-summary output (5-10 bullets, the key findings, no boilerplate).

Two-step: 1) Run PDF→JPG on /tools/pdf/pdf-to-jpg at 2× scale; 2) Run OCR on each page image at /tools/pdf/ocr-pdf. Bulk-PDF OCR with table preservation ships in V2.

Currently the same password covers both — simpler UX. Granular owner/user passwords (allow view, deny print) is on the V2 roadmap.

AES-256 — the strongest standard PDF format supports. All modern PDF readers handle it. Cracking is not feasible at consumer scale.

No. We can only remove a password you know, not crack one you've forgotten. AES-256 is mathematically secure. If the PDF is yours, check your password manager; if not, ask the sender.

1× for previews, 2× for embedding in slides or docs, 3× for print. Higher takes longer but the result is sharper. Default is 2× which is good for most use cases.

No — never. PDF→JPG produces clean JPGs at the resolution you pick.

Yes — drag the image cards in the widget to change the order. The output PDF reflects the order you set.

Yes — JPG, PNG, and WebP all work. The output is a single PDF where each input is one page.

Not yet — PDF text editing is on the V2 roadmap (month 4-6). For now the workflow is convert-to-Word, edit, re-export — but PDF-to-Word also ships in V2.

PDF form-fill ships in V2 month 4-6. For now use a desktop reader (Preview, Adobe) to fill, then re-upload to Apexkit for compression or merging.

PDF e-signature ships in V2 (likely month 4-6). For now use a desktop reader's signature tool or DocuSign for legally-binding signatures.

Not directly yet — the AI Slide Deck tool adds them to its own output. Universal page-numbering ships as part of the PDF-edit feature in V2.

PDF watermarking ships in V2 month 4-6. For now, our tools don't add watermarks (input or output).

PDF rotation ships in V2. For now, rotate the source images then merge to PDF for the same effect.

Yes — use PDF Split with a range that excludes the unwanted pages. E.g. to remove page 5 from a 10-page PDF: enter `1-4, 6-10`. The output is the same PDF minus page 5.

PDF diff is on the V2 roadmap. For now, the closest workaround: use Chat with PDF on each, ask the same questions, compare answers.

Chat with PDF handles one document at a time. Multi-document Q&A (semantic search across a library) ships V2 Pro+ tier.

PDF→Word ships in V2 month 4-6 — needs a Python sidecar (pdf2docx) we haven't deployed yet. For now, OCR + paste into Word covers most cases.

PDF→Excel ships in V2 alongside PDF→Word. For now, the OCR tool outputs Markdown tables which can be pasted into Excel directly.

Not yet — PDF/A export ships in V2 month 4-6. Critical for legal / archival workflows; we're prioritising.

True PDF redaction (removes the text underneath, not just covers it) ships in V2. For visual redaction now: open in a desktop editor or convert to JPG first, then edit.

Not yet — both are on the V2 roadmap. PDF/A for archival, PDF/X for print production. Both rely on stricter PDF subsets we're not currently enforcing.

Image extraction is on the V2 roadmap. For now, use PDF→JPG which renders each page as an image (whole page, not individual image elements).

PDF flattening ships in V2. For now, print-to-PDF in your OS does the same thing.

PDF metadata editing ships in V2 alongside PDF text edit. The compress tool currently strips outdated metadata as a side-effect, which can be useful.

Page-size conversion ships in V2. The closest now: split into JPGs, resize the JPGs to the target page size, recombine.

Not directly — but every browser does this natively (File → Print → Save as PDF). Apexkit then handles the resulting PDF for compress / merge / split / etc.

Not via UI yet — batch mode ships in V2. Pro+ API access lets you script your own batch via the /api/tools/pdf/* endpoints.

500 MB on Pro+. Beyond that, browser memory is the constraint. Server-side bulk operations on >1 GB PDFs ship in V2 with a queue system.

Most tools require the PDF to be unencrypted to read. Use /tools/pdf/unlock-pdf first with the password, then run your desired tool.

pdf-lib handles minor corruption but throws on severely broken files. If a tool errors out, try opening the PDF in Preview / Adobe and saving a copy — that 'normalises' it.

Yes — the Invoice Generator and Slide Deck tools both create PDFs from form/text input. A generic 'write a PDF' editor ships in V2.

Yes — links are PDF annotations, not images, so PDF Compress preserves them.

Yes — TOC entries are PDF outline annotations, preserved by pdf-lib.

Two-step today: PDF→JPG → OCR each page → paste OCR output into a new PDF (using JPG→PDF + OCR text). Native 'searchable PDF' export ships in V2.

Apexkit's PDF Compress for ~100 MB and under. For >500 MB or aggressive compression needs (Ghostscript-grade), the server-side option ships in V2.

Use PDF Split with `1-100, 101-200, 201-300, ...` to get 10 manageable chunks. Or use the API (Pro+) for programmatic batching.

Auto-TOC on merge ships in V2 month 4-6. For now the merged PDF preserves each input's existing bookmarks.

Two-step today: merge first (must be unencrypted), then protect the merged output. Each tool is independent for safety.

If a desktop reader asks for a password on open, it's encrypted. Apexkit's Protect tool will tell you 'already encrypted' if you try to re-protect an already-protected PDF.

Summarizer is one-shot: give it a PDF, get a structured summary. Chat is iterative: ask multiple questions, get cited answers. Both use GPT-4o under the hood with citation-grounding.

Yes — Whisper-grade language detection handles 33+ languages. Output is in the same language as input by default; switch to 'Output in: English' for cross-language summary.

Best workaround today: OCR each page (outputs Markdown tables), then paste into Excel/Sheets which auto-detects table format. Native CSV export ships in V2.

Yes — use PDF Split with each page as a separate range: `1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10` for a 10-page PDF. You'll get 10 separate PDFs. Or via API for very long docs.

Quality 80% on images, lossless on text + vectors. Same as Smallpdf / iLovePDF default. The 'High quality' preset bumps images to 92%.

Embedded raster images are downscaled to ~150 DPI by default (visually clean at standard reading distance, dramatically smaller). The quality preset slider raises this to 300 DPI when print-quality matters.

Protect adds a password (encrypts), Unlock removes a password (decrypts) — you supply the current password. Both run server-side via qpdf with AES-256.

1) Compress if it's large (browser-side, no upload). 2) Encrypt with Protect PDF (AES-256). 3) Send the password via a different channel (SMS / Signal). 4) Set Apexkit's auto-delete to 24h (Free) for the upload itself.

PDF 1.4 through 2.0 (all modern PDFs). Older PDFs from pre-2001 may need normalising first by opening + saving from a desktop reader.

Yes for compress, merge, split, protect, unlock. Chat with PDF and Summarise both handle RTL — Whisper + GPT-4o are multilingual. OCR works on Arabic / Hebrew imagery.

Yes — pdf-lib preserves embedded CJK fonts. If the source PDF doesn't embed the font, the output will use a fallback CJK font (Noto Sans CJK).

1000 pages on Pro+ for browser-side tools, 5000 for the server-side ones. Beyond that, split into batches first.