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How to convert a PDF to Word and keep the formatting
Most broken conversions come from the gap between a fixed page and a document that reflows. Five checks close most of it.
indox Team · · 4 min read
PDF and document guides
Step-by-step guides and short videos for converting, editing, signing and organizing PDFs, plus notes on what changed in the tools.
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GuidesPassword protect a PDF: open password, permissions, and what each one stops
A PDF can carry two passwords that do different jobs. Here is how to password protect a PDF in the browser, in Preview on a Mac and from Word, what we found when we opened our own protected file with a PDF library, and the mistakes that lock you out of your own document.
indox Team · · 8 min read
GuidesConvert HEIC to JPG: in the browser, on iPhone, Mac and Windows
Your iPhone saves photos as HEIC, and half the world still expects JPG. Here is how to convert HEIC to JPG in the browser, what we measured when we ran a 12-megapixel file through our own converter, and how to stop the problem at the camera setting.
indox Team · · 7 min read
GuidesFill in a PDF form that is not fillable
Place text on a flat form and flatten it so the answers stay put.
indox Team · · 1 min read
GuidesHow to make a scanned PDF searchable
What OCR does to a scan, how to run it, and how to check the text it wrote.
indox Team · · 1 min read
Video1:48VideoMerge PDFs in the order you want
Drag pages into place, preview the result and download one file.
indox Team · · 1 min read
GuidesHow to compress a PDF for email without blurry text
Which settings shrink a file the most and which ones soften the text.
indox Team · · 1 min read
Product updatesSide-by-side compare is now in PDF tools
Open two versions of a document and see what changed between them.
indox Team · · 1 min read
Video2:12VideoSign a PDF in under two minutes
Draw, type or upload a signature and place it on the page.
indox Team · · 1 min read
GuidesHow to edit a PDF without converting it
When changing the PDF itself is quicker than a round trip through Word.
indox Team · · 1 min read
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